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Creepy Nuts Dominates Spotify’s First-Half 2024 Rankings

NiEW 2024.7.17｜15:14

Fujii Kaze’s “Shinunoga E-Wa” Strikes Gold: Honored with Plaque After Electrifying NYC Show

NiEW 2024.6.21｜17:38

Spotify Wrapped 2023: YOASOBI’s “Idol” as Most Played Song Japan

NiEW 2023.12.1｜10:54

YOASOBI’s “Idol” Becomes the First J-Pop Song in Billboard’s ‘Global 200’ Year-End Top 50

NiEW 2023.11.27｜16:32

Kenshi Yonezu’s “KICK BACK” Goes Gold in RIAA as the First Japanese Language Song

NiEW 2023.10.29｜22:39

Joe Hisaishi Achieves a Milestone for Japanese Classical Artists on the US Billboard 200

NiEW 2023.10.13｜16:57

Taylor Swift’s Latest Album Reaches #1 on U.S. Album Charts & 4 Albums in Top 10

NiEW 2023.7.28｜11:48

Joe Hisaishi’s Latest Album Reaches No. 1 on Two U.S. Billboard Charts. Hisaishi’s first accomplishment

NiEW 2023.7.24｜10:56

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#MUSIC 2025.11.13

Salasa to Embark on Largest-Ever Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka Tour

NiEW 2025.9.4｜12:46

#ART 2025.11.14

Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Exhibition Opens in Roppongi

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:23

#MUSIC 2025.11.14

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

NiEW 2025.8.28｜12:11

#ART 2025.11.15

Noto Reconstruction Support Exhibition ‘People, Noto, Art’ Opens in Kanazawa

NiEW 2025.1.15｜16:28

#MUSIC 2025.11.15

Music and Art Festival Setouchi Contemporary Heads to Uno Port with SIRUP and SE SO NEON

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:09

#MUSIC 2025.11.15

Quruli Announce Nationwide Tour and First of Four Monthly Singles, “Wandering”

NiEW 2025.8.21｜12:16

#MUSIC 2025.11.18

LE SSERAFIM Tokyo Dome Concert Details Revealed, Premium Seats Exclusive to FC Members

NiEW 2025.6.26｜17:14

#MUSIC 2025.11.19

YOGEE NEW WAVES Announces Inaugural Hall Show with New Lineup

NiEW 2025.8.29｜11:06

#STAGE 2025.11.11

Shinjuku Noh Stage Welcomes Kabukicho Hosts’ Japanese Dance Performance of Yumihari-zuki

NiEW 2025.10.30｜17:36

#MUSIC 2025.11.10

Shota Aratani Announces Band Tour Across Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka in November

NiEW 2025.7.17｜10:21

Seiko Matsuda Tribute Teases Ringo Sheena x IVE Duo in New Trailer Mads Mikkelsen Marks 60th Birthday at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 with Four Guests Revealed Marty McFly’s Style Hits the Streets: “BTTF” x Converse Collab Launches

Hadouken Hits the Menu: Street Fighter Meets McDonald’s Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21 RADWIMPS 20th Anniversary Tribute Reveals Third Act as ZUTOMAYO Covers “Yushinron”

SNIDEL HOME Launches Official Harry Potter Loungewear Collection The fin. Returns After Four Years with New Album Somewhere Between KAF Makes Major Label Debut, Announces First Solo Shows in Shanghai and Japan

“Princess Mononoke” Hits IMAX Across Japan with Dolby Cinema and English Subtitles New Collaboration: Disk Union x NISHIMOTO IS THE MOUTH Tamagotchi Collab Café Round 2 Brings Mimitchi and Milkutchi to Ikebukuro & Umeda