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#MOVIE 2024.5.28

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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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#MUSIC 2025.9.6

Atarashii Gakko! Announce Japan Tour and Reveal 10th Anniversary Greatest Hits Album

NiEW 2025.5.23｜14:31

#MUSIC 2025.9.6

CADEJO Returns to Japan This September, with Special Dub Set by Naoyuki Uchida in Tokyo

NiEW 2025.6.26｜14:03

#MUSIC 2025.9.9

Tyler, The Creator Announces Japan Stop on World Tour This Fall

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#MUSIC 2025.9.10

Tyler, the Creator Adds Extra Show for First Japan Concert in 8 Years

NiEW 2025.3.24｜00:09

#MUSIC 2025.9.3

Kohjiya Announces First-Ever Tour DREAMIN’BOI TOUR 2025

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#MUSIC 2025.9.2

Ovall Announces New EP Silent Storm Featuring Thai Artist KIKI with Billboard Live Tour

NiEW 2025.6.5｜15:17

#MUSIC 2025.8.30

Gen Hoshino Reveals Dates for MAD HOPE Asia Tour

NiEW 2025.5.2｜13:21

#MUSIC 2025.8.30

Ryuichi Sakamoto Exhibition Launches in Osaka, Bringing to Life His 18-Year-Old Expo Journey

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:29

#MUSIC 2025.8.17

Bialystocks Announces “2025 Duo Tour,” Set to Hit 19 Cities Nationwide

2025.5.2｜20:11

#MUSIC 2025.8.16

ONE OK ROCK Announces Major Stadium and Dome Tour in Japan

NiEW 2025.2.19｜16:24

‘The Last Blossom’ to Hold All-Standing Preview Screening at Spotify O-EAST Gap Adds The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, and Nas to Its Vintage Music Tees Lineup “Jack & Music” Festival Featuring Denzel Curry Announced 4K Remastered GHOST IN THE SHELL Set for Limited Two-Week Revival Screening

Nagano’s EACH STORY Hits Tokyo with Jakob Bro × Midori Takada, Gia Margaret, and Felbm Daiki Tsuneta Drops New Track Honoring Bottega Veneta and Legendary Comedian Tamori Sanrio’s KUROMI Debuts First Song by lilbesh ramko Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo

Discover Tokyo’s Remote Islands Through Sound: U-zhaan, MIZ, Ichiko Aoba Participate Quruli Announce Nationwide Tour and First of Four Monthly Singles, “Wandering” Aichi 2025 International Art Festival Inspires Regional Resource Exhibition in Seto City kanekoayano Announces Debut Nippon Budokan Concert for January 2026

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