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#MUSIC 2025.11.14

maya ongaku Wraps Up Autumn Japan Tour at Tokyo’s Sogetsu Hall

NiEW 2025.8.28｜12:11

#MUSIC 2025.10.12

maya ongaku Sets Off on Nationwide Five-City Tour

NiEW 2025.8.14｜13:34

maya ongaku on the Road: A Glimpse into Their Evolving Philosophy Abroad

Hiroyoshi Tomite 2025.8.1｜12:27

maya ongaku’s Seattle “KEXP” Studio Live Now on YouTube

NiEW 2025.6.14｜00:27

#MUSIC 2025.8.22

maya ongaku and Minami Deutsch to Share Stage for the First Time at Shibuya WWW X

NiEW 2025.6.5｜15:30

What Kikagaku Moyo Taught Us: Reflections After Our First US Tour

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.12｜17:05

The Final Show: Parting Ways After Three Weeks on the Road

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.9｜17:00

Running on Empty: The Final Stretch of the Tour

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.8｜17:50

The Grand Canyon’s Silence Before the Tour’s End

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.7｜20:24

All In for the Biggest Show of the Tour: Los Angeles

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.2｜12:42

Worn Down by Days of Travel, Haunted by the Jacumba Show

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.28｜21:47

No Sleep in Oakland, New Friends in San Francisco

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.25｜17:01

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#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Rikon Densetsu Announces Nationwide Solo Live Tour for November

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#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Mariah Carey Returns to Japan After Seven Years to Kick Off Christmas in Kobe and Yokohama

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#MUSIC 2025.11.1

cero Sets Out on Five-City Solo Tour “Contemporary Tokyo Cruise”

NiEW 2025.8.14｜13:40

#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Bruno Mars’ Music to Light Up Japanese Fireworks in Bruno Mars Fireworks 2025

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Tokyo Nomino Ichi ’25 Autumn Set for Showa Kinen Park with Live Music Performances

NiEW 2025.10.2｜17:02

#MUSIC 2025.11.1

“Sai Sei Sei 2025” Urban Environmental Music Event Set for Tokyo’s GREEN WISE Botanical Greenhouse

NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:07

All-Night Art Event “BENTEN 2” Kicks Off in Kabukicho, Curated by Chim↑Pom

NiEW 2025.10.22｜13:43

Arata Isozaki Retrospective Architecture as Archipelago Debuts at Mito Art Tower

NiEW 2025.10.22｜13:49

#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Record Day 2025 Brings Iconic Albums by Ayumi Hamasaki, TRF, and Every Little Thing to Vinyl

NiEW 2025.10.30｜17:49

#MUSIC 2025.11.2

Pixies Returns to Tokyo and Osaka After Three-Year Hiatus

NiEW 2025.1.17｜10:28

Ichiko Aoba’s “Luminescent Creatures” World Premiere Hits Global Streams Marty McFly’s Style Hits the Streets: “BTTF” x Converse Collab Launches City Hunter Marks 40th Anniversary with Special Exhibition

Hadouken Hits the Menu: Street Fighter Meets McDonald’s Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21 From Drive My Car to the Studio: Toko Miura Unveils “condominium” Tokyo Nomino Ichi ’25 Autumn Set for Showa Kinen Park with Live Music Performances

The fin. Returns After Four Years with New Album Somewhere Between “Naomi Watanabe’s “(20) in Tokyo Dome” Pop-up Launches at Shibuya MIYASHITA PARK KAF Makes Major Label Debut, Announces First Solo Shows in Shanghai and Japan ONE OK ROCK Steps Up for MUFG Stadium Music Blowout

Hiromu Arakawa’s “Yomi no Tsugai” Anime to Premiere in April 2026 KNEECAP Announces First Solo Japan Show at EX Theater Roppongi “Oasis Film & Posters 1994/2025” Brings Remastered Live Concerts and Posters to Japan Hitsujibungaku’s Moeka Shiotsuka’s Signature Guitar Debuts from Fender