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#MUSIC 2026.7.28

Mitski Adds Special Tokyo Date After Fuji Rock: Ticket Details Announced

NiEW 2026.5.29｜13:24

#MUSIC 2026.7.23

FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL’26 Announces Stage Splits as General Ticket Sales Open

NiEW 2026.5.22｜12:35

#MUSIC 2026.7.24

Fuji Rock 2026 Expands Bill With Loyle Carner and Toro y Moi

NiEW 2026.5.14｜13:58

Janelle Monáe Joins GREENROOM FESTIVAL ’26 in Yokohama

NiEW 2026.3.19｜13:07

#MUSIC 2026.8.14

SUMMER SONIC 2026 Reveals Daily Lineups for Tokyo and Osaka

NiEW 2026.3.13｜14:42

#MUSIC 2026.8.14

SUMMER SONIC 2026 Reveals First Lineup With The Strokes, JENNIE, FKA twigs, and LE SSERAFIM

NiEW 2026.2.6｜17:51

#MUSIC 2026.5.3

Creepy Nuts and 10-FEET Lead First Lineup for VIVA LA ROCK 2026

NiEW 2026.1.22｜10:59

#MUSIC 2026.8.14

SUMMER SONIC 2026 Set to Mark 25 Years With Three Day Run

NiEW 2025.12.26｜13:46

#MUSIC 2026.4.3

LANA, Yuki Chiba, and KEIJU to Headline POP YOURS 2026

NiEW 2025.12.18｜17:02

#MUSIC 2026.1.4

“rockin’on sonic” Timetable Out ZUTOMAYO Joins the Lineup

NiEW 2025.11.7｜10:19

#MUSIC 2025.10.18

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NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:46

#MUSIC 2025.11.9

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NiEW 2025.10.10｜14:51

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NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.

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NiEW 2025.12.5｜12:02

#MOVIE 2026.6.3

Charli XCX’s the moment Announces Tokyo Pop Up Ahead of Japan Release

NiEW 2026.5.28｜18:21

#MUSIC 2026.5.6

kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan

NiEW 2026.3.12｜14:20

#MUSIC 2026.5.5

Shintaro Sakamoto Announces Nationwide Yoo-hoo Tour for 2026

NiEW 2026.2.6｜17:55

#MUSIC 2026.4.18

OGRE YOU ASSHOLE Bring “DELAY 2026” Back With kanekoayano and deca joins

NiEW 2026.2.27｜10:31

ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026

NiEW 2025.12.25｜10:52

#STAGE 2026.4.17

Japanese Comedian Naomi Watanabe Sets 18 Date “FROM TOKYO” Tour Across North America

NiEW 2025.12.5｜10:27

#OTHER 2026.1.16

Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026

NiEW 2025.12.18｜10:13

Toy Story 5 Gets Japan-Exclusive MoviCheki Collectible Tickets YOASOBI Unveils ASICS SportStyle Collaboration and Campaign Film CoMix Wave Films Reveals New Anime Shiranui With Ichiko Aoba Theme Song Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026

YOASOBI and UT Reunite for First Collaboration in Five Years Charli XCX’s the moment Announces Tokyo Pop Up Ahead of Japan Release TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival Zara Larsson Announces First Ever Japan Show: Ticket Details and Everything You Need to Know

Tokyo’s MoN Takanawa Named One of the World’s Most Beautiful Museums Mitski Adds Special Tokyo Date After Fuji Rock: Ticket Details Announced Netflix’s Straight To Hell Brings Kazuko Hosoki Story to Screen Hans Zimmer Announces September Japan Arena Show Hans Zimmer Live – The Next Level

The Weeknd Adds Second Tokyo-Area Show After Belluna Dome Sellout ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026 G-SHOCK and XG Launch First Ever Collaboration Watches JENNIE’s SUMMER SONIC 2026 Performance Dates Confirmed