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• X VORDER RUNWAY Brings VTubers, Game Characters and Real Artists Together at Makuhari Messe
• More Than 100 Idol Acts Are Heading to Ueno for Four Days of Giga Mori MAX Live
• @onefive’s New Song “Vanilla Latte” Becomes the Ending Theme for a TV Tokyo Drama
• Re:Zero Returns to Monster Strike for a Second Collaboration Starting September 27
• LEAF EXPO 2026 Brings VTubers, Agencies, Fans and Creators Together in Tokyo
• Tsubame-Sanjo Japan Fest Mixes Music, Fashion and Local Craft Culture in Niigata
• Habatake! Idol Festival Draws More Than 1,000 Visitors in Osaka’s Two-Day Autumn Event
• The Apothecary Diaries Brings Games, Limited Goods and Photo Spots to Odaiba
• Persona’s 30th Anniversary Animate Campaign Expands From Ikebukuro to Asia and North America
• Tokyo’s Mugi Fes Celebrates Japan’s New Wheat With Bread, Ramen, Pizza and Sweets
• Working Factories Become Art Venues at the New Setouchi Art & Industry Festival
• Autumn Meteorite 2026 Brings International Performing Arts to Ikebukuro This October
• TGC 2026 A/W Brings Japan's Biggest Idol Names to the Runway in Yokohama
• New Gundam Anime RG XARX-ZERO Launches in Japan and North America in April 2027
• Ayase Ueda Scores Again for Lille With Sharp Left-Foot Finish Against Nice
• ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2026 Goes Ahead Today With Weather Precautions
• Okinawan Culture Takes Over Kawasaki Racecourse This Silver Week
• Japan's Idol and Fashion Worlds Meet at Yokohama Arena Today
• Japan's AI Filmmakers Bring 90-Second Movies to an Odaiba Cinema
• Odaiba Turns Mexican for Three Days at Fiesta Mexicana 2026
• Japan U-21 Face Kyrgyzstan Tonight at the Asian Games
• Japanese Eyes on Elland Road as Leeds Host Crystal Palace
• Sano Assists and Machino Scores in a Seven-Goal Bundesliga Thriller
• Takefusa Kubo and Real Sociedad Head to Mestalla to Face Valencia
• Ayase Ueda and Lille Head to Nice With Ligue 1 Momentum
• Shohei Ohtani Steps Up Hitting Work as Regular-Season Return Remains in Sight
• JAPAN Fes Makes Its Albany Debut Today
• Zion Suzuki Wins Praise After Starring in Aston Villa's First Premier League Win
• Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games Open in Japan
• Tokyo Game Show 2026 Opens Its Public Days at Makuhari Messe
• Hololive Reveals New Four-Member Unit Asobi★Mawaritai!
• @onefive Joins the a-nation 2026 Lineup in Odaiba
• FEST. INAZUMA 2026 Begins a Three-Day Music Weekend in Shiga
• THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! 14thLIVE Opens at Yoyogi
• Game Market 2026 Autumn Expands to Its Largest Scale Yet
• Streamer Group Genkai Announces Two-Day "Genkai Expo" at Toyota Arena Tokyo
• Shibuya's Konno Hachimangu Festival Brings 14 Mikoshi to the City
• ATEEZ x LINE FRIENDS "MIGHTEEZ Rock The Stage" Opens in Shibuya
• Taco Bell to Open Its 10th Japan Store in Osaka's Dotonbori
• Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT Moves From PlayStation to Xbox
• LISA × MINISO Global Pop-Up Opens at Omotesando Hills
• Roki Sasaki Set to Rejoin Dodgers Rotation, Possibly Sunday vs. Marlins
• TOFROM YAESU TOWER Opens at Tokyo Station With 55 New Shops and Restaurants
• Helluva Boss Pop-Up Store Opens in Ikebukuro
• Sydney Sake Festival 2026 Marks 50 Years of Australia-Japan Friendship
• Japan Weekend Madrid 2026 Finalizes Lineup With Liella!, May'n and Katsuyuki Konishi
• 16 Idol Groups Face Off in Cross-Border "IDOL WAR: THE LAST THRONE" Voting Tournament
• hololive Begins Its Next Era With New Brand, App and First Original TV Anime
• Shohei Ohtani Placed on Injured List as Dodgers Manage Multiple Issues
• 10 Idol Groups Bring Fashion and Live Culture Together at BEEEEM FES Vol.9 in Shibuya
• Tennoz Art Week Opens Tokyo's Galleries and Artist Studios to the Public
• 13 Asian Fashion Brands Are Coming to Harajuku for the Second "60% meets and ST TOKYO" Pop-Up
• Ayase Ueda Scores in Lille's Champions League Opener Against Real Betis
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto Strikes Out 10 as Dodgers Crush Reds 14–1
• Kaoru Mitoma's Brighton Return Is Expected After the International Break
• Roki Sasaki Takes Major Step Toward Dodgers Return in Five-Inning Live BP
• IDOL BATTLE ALIVE 2026 Reveals MC, Judges and Pre-Event Documentary
• Roselia Releases New ALI PROJECT-Written Song Worldwide
• September 9 Is Now Officially "Attack on Titan Day" in Japan
• AC-bu Reimagines Kyu Sakamoto's "Ashita ga Aru Sa" in a New Shinjuku Exhibition
• JAPAN GROOVE MARKET Brings City Pop, Vinyl, Art and Audio Culture to Osaka
• Levi's × Rosé Pop-Up Opens in Shibuya First, Ahead of Seoul and Shanghai
• GIRLS POP JAPAN Brings Rising Idol and Pop Acts to Shinjuku This October
• Shueisha Games Brings a World-First Jujutsu Kaisen Playtest to Tokyo Game Show 2026
• Love Supreme Jazz Festival Comes to Tokyo for the First Time with De La Soul and STUTS
• Laforet Harajuku Mixes Fashion, Music and Anime in Its Autumn 2026 Lineup
• JO1 Takes Over SHIBUYA109 with an Autumn Campaign, Pop-Up and Shibuya Café
• Precure Live Costumes Return to Tower Records Shibuya for a 2026 Exhibition
• Phantom Siita Teams Up with ROUND1 for a Three-Month Entertainment Collaboration
• ULTRA STORE Brings Five Major Game and Anime Franchises to an Immersive Odaiba Pop-Up
• Detective Conan Marks 30 Years with a One-Night Music and Fireworks Show in Yokohama
• JapanFest Atlanta 2026 Brings "Timeless Japan" to Georgia This September
• Japanese Animation Takes the Spotlight at Ottawa International Animation Festival 2026
• Yoshitaka Amano's "Big Bang" Brings Nearly 30 Years of Art to Houston
• JUJUTSU KAISEN IN CONCERT Brings Anime Music and Live Musicians to Singapore
• LOVEBITES Launches Its Southeast Asia Run in Singapore This October
• OSK Nippon Revue Company Brings a Century of Japanese Revue Culture to Singapore
• Japanese Classic Car Show 2026 Brings Kyusha Culture Back to Long Beach
• Keiro no Hi Festival Brings Japan's Respect for the Aged Tradition to Los Angeles
• Aki Matsuri Brings a Japanese Fall Festival to Ardmore, Pennsylvania
• Swallowtail 4K Remaster Opens Today — Iwai Shunji's 1996 Classic Returns, Fully Supervised
• FRUITS ZIPPER Opens Its Biggest Tour Ever, "Secret Code," in Yokosuka
• Germany's Biggest Volunteer-Run Anime Convention, Connichi, Opens This Weekend in Wiesbaden
• TOFROM YAESU TOWER, a New Tokyo Station Landmark, Opens September 10
• Ayase Ueda Scores Winning Goal on Lille Debut Just Days After Joining the Club
• Persona 4 Revival's Tokyo Game Show 2026 Stage Lineup Is Set — Enako, k4sen and a Closing Concert
• Tokyo Performing Arts Festival 2026 Is Underway — Two Months of Theater, Dance and Circus Across the City
• Shin-Ei Animation's 50th Anniversary Exhibition Is Running Now at the Suginami Animation Museum
• Shibuya Sky's Rooftop Festival Puts Bon Odori 229 Meters Above the City
• Nezu Shrine's Reitaisai Brings a Once-Every-Four-Years Mikoshi Procession on September 27
• Tokyo's MOT Opens a Major Taiwan–Japan Modern Art Exhibition on September 5
• Japanese Curry Festival 2026 Adds a Third Venue — Toranomon Hills Joins September 11
• Azabudai Hills' Outdoor Cinema Returns for Its Longest Run Yet — Six Nights This September
• Keito Nakamura Completes Permanent Move to Olympique Lyonnais — First Japanese Player in Club History
• China Festival 2026 Brings Food, Culture and Stage Performances to Yoyogi Park This Weekend
• This Weekend's Free Live-Performance Showcase Lands Right at Takanawa Gateway Station
• A Taiwan Night Market Lands in Hibiya Park, Complete With a Nightly Sky Lantern Release
• Zion Suzuki Makes History as First Japanese Goalkeeper to Play in the Premier League
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Gets 8-Player Multiplayer on Nintendo Switch 2
• My Hero Academia Brings a Summer Festival Café to Four Japanese Cities
• serial experiments lain Returns to Harajuku With “let’s all love lain”
• FRUITS ZIPPER Releases Tokyo Dome Live Film “ENERGY”
• Saudi-Backed €6 Billion Theme-Park Project Near Paris Eyes Dragon Ball
• Japan’s First Permanent Star Wars Official Stores Are Opening in Tokyo and Osaka
• Kaminarimon Bon Odori Brings Dance and Lantern Light to Asakusa
• Kaminarimon, Nakamise, Senso-ji: One Walk Through the Heart of Asakusa
• Yokohama Night Flowers Lights Up Shinko Pier Ahead of the 2027 Green Expo
• Fist of the North Star Gets a Free Exhibition Right in Ikebukuro
• Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama Turns 15 With a Citywide Chicken Stamp Rally
• State of Play Returns September 3 With a Dedicated Japan Segment
• TRY A TOKYO SENTO Makes Tokyo's Public Baths 300 Yen Through October
• Peter Barakan’s Music Film Festival Brings Rare Music Cinema to Yurakucho
• Hidemasa Morita and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto Make Their Premier League Debuts
• Yuito Suzuki Scores an Opening-Day Bundesliga Hat-Trick for Freiburg
• animate Theater LIVE 2026 Reaches Its Final Day in Ikebukuro
• Matsuken Anime Launches on YouTube with Ken Matsudaira
• Re:ZERO's First Exhibition Opens in Shibuya for Its 10th Anniversary
• My Melody and Kuromi Rooms Open New Reservations at Tokyo Dome Hotel
• Pokémon Legend Research Brings 100+ Pokémon to Nihonbashi and Yaesu
• Toyota Plans AI-Enhanced Level 2++ Driving Assistance for 2028
• Jujutsu Kaisen's 5th-Anniversary Festival Reaches Day 2 at K Arena Yokohama
• STEINS;GATE Final Mission Reaches Its Final Day in Akihabara
• Game Makers Scramble 2026 Brings More Than 1,000 Creators to Tokyo
• Tokyo Opens Registration for an International Conference on Culture and Inclusion
• Madoka Magica Returns After 13 Years — Walpurgisnacht: Rising Opens in Japan
• Hetalia Returns with Seven Episodes for Its 20th Anniversary
• The Real Squid Game in Shibuya Is Ending August 31
• Nintendo Museum's Super Mario Bros. 40th Displays End September 7
• JFF Theater Launches a New Kiyoshi Kurosawa Film Lineup on September 2
• The Haruhi Suzumiya 20th Anniversary SOS Exhibition Ends August 30 in Ikebukuro
• Animaga Melbourne 2026 Brings Anime, Cosplay and Gaming to the MCEC
• AniManGaki 2026 Brings Cosplay, Games and Japanese Pop Culture to Malaysia
• RÊVE×RAVE Turns Tokyo's Immersive Art Space into a Nightclub
• Easy Japanese with Marine #01: 「ただの〜には興味ありません」 Explained
• CUTIE STREET Reaches Day 2 of Its Two-Night Nippon Budokan Anniversary Live
• Juice=Juice Adds Nippon Budokan and Pia Arena MM Shows to 2026 "5ROOMS" Tour
• hololive English Teams Up with Sunright Tea Studio Across the U.S. West Coast
• hololive Announces Two-Day "Wacha Wacha School Festival" at Keio Arena Tokyo
• STRANGER THAN HEAVEN Brings Playable Demo and Seven Experiences to TGS 2026
• ULTRA JAPAN 2026 Brings Zedd, Alesso, Peggy Gou and More to Tokyo's Odaiba
• Harajuku Omotesando Super Yosakoi 2026 Brings Dance and Color to Tokyo This Weekend
• Asakusa Samba Carnival 2026 Returns with a Major Parade Through Tokyo
• Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori 2026 Takes Over the Streets This Weekend
• Harajuku Area Guide: Takeshita Street, Omotesando, Meiji Jingu and Yoyogi
• Why Is Harajuku Famous? Fashion, Kawaii Culture and Tokyo Street Style
• Takeshita Street Explained: What Makes Harajuku's Most Famous Street Special?
• Harajuku vs Omotesando: Two Very Different Sides of Tokyo Style
• Harajuku Festival Culture: From Super Yosakoi to Pop-Culture Events
• Shinjuku Area Guide: East, West, Kabukicho and Tokyo's Skyscraper District
• Why Is Shinjuku Famous? Skyscrapers, Shopping, Nightlife and Entertainment
• Kabukicho Explained: Understanding Shinjuku's Famous Entertainment District
• Shinjuku East vs West: Two Very Different Sides of Tokyo's Busiest District
• Shinjuku at Night: How Tokyo's Entertainment District Changes After Dark
• Tokyo Revengers: War of the Three Titans Arc Reveals New Trailer and Key Visual
• One Piece Elbaph Arc English Dub to Stream Weekly on Crunchyroll
• Hololive Gamers Join Shironeko Project in New Collaboration
• YOASOBI to Perform at BlizzCon 2026
• Magical Mirai 2026 Tokyo Starts This Friday — What Fans Need to Know
• What Is So Special About Akihabara? Anime, Games and Otaku Culture Explained
• What to Buy in Akihabara: Anime Goods, Figures, Games and Electronics
• Akihabara Anime Shops: Where Fans Should Start
• Akihabara Game Culture: Arcades, Retro Games and Gaming Shops
• Akihabara for First-Time Visitors: What You Should Know Before You Go
• Cosplay Culture in Japan: From Comiket to Professional Cosplayers
• What Is Hello! Project? A Guide to One of Japan's Most Important Idol Families
• Japanese Game Culture Explained: Arcades, Consoles and Fan Communities
• Anime Events in Japan: How Conventions, Exhibitions and Fan Festivals Work
• Premier League 2026–27: The Japanese Players to Watch This Season
• STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026: Rina Defeats Starlight Kid to Win the Tournament
• Hinatazaka46: Yamaguchi Haruyo's Graduation Ceremony and New 18th Single Announced Days Apart
• Anpanman's Creator Yanase Takashi Gets His First-Ever Major Retrospective — Now in Tokyo
• L'Arc-en-Ciel Previews First New Song in Nearly Two Years, Marking Their 35th Anniversary
• Comic Market 109 Returns to a Three-Day Format, First Time in Years
• One Piece Announces Two New Films: God Valley for 2027, BAAD for 2029
• Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Gets a New Gameplay Showcase Days Before Its Switch 2 Launch
• Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2026: Exploring the Future of Mobility at Makuhari Messe
• STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026: What Rina's Victory Means for Japanese Women's Wrestling
• Japanese Players in the Premier League: How Japan's Football Presence Has Grown
• Anime NYC 2026: How Fans Around the World Celebrated Japanese Pop Culture
• RAIDOU vs. Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance Special Live: How to Watch Today's Concert
• Monster Hunter Orchestra Concert 2026: Tokyo Shows, Times, and Japan Tour Guide
• Daizen Maeda Makes Premier League Debut as Ipswich Beat Sunderland 2–1
• Fancy Frontier FF47: Inside Taiwan's Biggest Doujin Convention as It Wraps Up Its Final Day
• Aobazaka46: A New One-Year Group Bridging Nogizaka46, Sakurazaka46, and Hinatazaka46
• Haikyu!! Unveils New Visuals and Action Trailer for Its 2027 Anime Projects
• Life-Sized Unicorn Gundam Statue's Final Ceremony Set for August 29, With YouTube Livestream
• Astrae Oratio Confirmed for Tokyo Game Show 2026, With a Dedicated Booth
• Pokémon World Championships 2026: When It Starts and How to Watch
• VOTOMS: The Gray Witch Reveals New Trailer and Main Cast Ahead of November 20 Premiere
• Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond Launches in Latin America October 8, With Preregistration Now Open
• ONE PIECE DAY '26: How to Watch the August 22–23 Livestream, Free on YouTube, X, and LINE
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• Magical Mirai 2026 Tokyo: How to Watch the August 30 Show via Live Stream
• TOUGEN ANKI's Next Arc Gets Its First Look at Anime NYC 2026
• Tokyo Game Show 2026 Launches Its Own Official News Program, "TGS NEWS STUDIO"
• STARDOM's 5★STAR GP 2026 Tournament Finals Set for August 23 at Ryogoku Kokugikan
• Tokyo Game Show 2026's Indie Winners Are In: 8 Excellence Awards, 8 Sense of Wonder Night Finalists
• SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT Anime Film Hits Theaters September 4 for a 3-Week Limited Run
• Magical Mirai 2026's Theme Song Is a Hatsune Miku Ballad by Kasamura Toota
• Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Fes 2026 Tickets Go on Sale September 4
• Haikyu!! Reveals New Movie & Special Anime Visuals, Plus an SV.LEAGUE All-Star Games Collab
• Comic Market 109 (C109): December 29-31 at Tokyo Big Sight — Its First 3-Day Event in Nearly 5 Years
• Tokyo Comic Con 2026: December 11-13 at Makuhari Messe
• 39th Tokyo International Film Festival: October 26-November 4 in Hibiya, Yurakucho, Marunouchi, and Ginza
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• ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2026: 5 Days in September at Chiba's Soga Sports Park
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