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newsKen Yokoyama to Suspend Band Activities in June 2027Ken Yokoyama will suspend band activities after SATANIC CARNIVAL 2027 next June, bringing its current 23-year run to a deliberate pause.
interviewTORAUMA: “Music is the strength to live”Nine years after writing “pink elephant,” TORAUMA looks back on loneliness, Aomori, Okinawa, “Tsubaki” and the songs that sometimes need years to find their listeners.releaseKoji Tamaki & ASKA Return to Oto GingaOto Ginga began more than twelve years ago. Koji Tamaki and ASKA returned to the abandoned collaboration in 2026 and chose to start again.
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J-POP STREAMING WEEKLY SELECTION

New Japanese Music — Selected Weekly by J-POP streaming

Discover new music from Japan, with new releases added every week. J-pop, j-rock, hip-hop, electronic music and more, selected by J-POP streaming. 💿 Cover: LANA

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Upcoming concerts, festivals and showcases from the J-POP streaming agenda.

27SEP2026maya ongaku EU & UK TOUR 2026StuttgartMerlin KulturzentrumGermanyDetails →28SEP2026KAMIJO European Tour 2026 “Sanctuary of Europe”ParisAlhambraFranceDetails →29SEP2026KAMIJO European Tour 2026 “Sanctuary of Europe”KölnKantineGermanyDetails →29SEP2026maya ongaku EU & UK TOUR 2026València16 ToneladasSpainDetails →29SEP2026Cybernetic Domination TourParisLe TrabendoFranceDetails →30SEP2026KAMIJO European Tour 2026 “Sanctuary of Europe”BerlinBi NuuGermanyDetails →30SEP2026maya ongaku EU & UK TOUR 2026MadridMoby Dick ClubSpainDetails →
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Latest stories

anniversaryYEN TOWN BAND’s MONTAGE: When Fiction Became RealThirty years ago, an album by a band invented for Swallowtail Butterfly reached number one in Japan—and gave YEN TOWN BAND a life outside the film.editorialOTO MAYUMI × Flehmann: When Two Stories MeetTwo months after OTO MAYUMI and Flehmann released Watashi no Bara ni wa Toge ga Nai, their collaboration reveals what an independent music outlet can make possible.anniversaryArashi and the Sound of an Olympic SummerReleased after Rio 2016 had ended, Arashi’s “Power of the Paradise” shows how Nippon TV could turn a pop song into the memory of a national event.
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