Japan-related Events

HYPER JAPAN will go online this summer with a month full of online events from the 9th of July to the 8th of August. The announcement was done by the...

With 'do not put out the fire of the live house' as the theme, an online event is planned under the name LITORY LIVE FLAME 〜Live my own way〜 on...

The Antwerp-based gallery IBASHO will start the new year with an exhibition, titled Pale Blue ● (Pale Blue Dot), by artistic duo Albarrán Cabrera. It will be the second time...

The 15th edition of the French convention Mang'Azur will not take place in April 2021. The event will now take place in April 2022. The organisation behind the annual event...

Originally planned for the beginning of November in the past year and moved to April of this year, Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show will now take place in November of...

The flamboyant singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer KAMIJO is currently unable to tour the world, something he has done before a few times, so he has decided to do this...

BAND-MAID, the internationally popular Japanese rock band with a maid motif (and still achieving world domination), recently released their fourth album with the title Unseen World on the 13th of...

The three-piece heliotrope will celebrate the 10th-anniversary of the band with a live performance in front of a small audience and through live broadcasting 'to the world', as the band...

All-female power metal band Aldious were planning to tour Europe for the first time starting at the end of September of this year, this got postponed to March 2021 due...

The Danish convention J-Popcon has announced that it will move the 2021 edition of the convention until later in the year, which will be October. Originally it was moved from...

If your band is called THE NOVEMBERS, then the month of November should mean something. Normally this indie rock band will do their annual gig on the 11th of this...

Girl band SCANDAL have announced new dates for their postponed European shows, which were originally scheduled for September this year. The shows were postponed due to the current situation of...

You are invited to something fun! Get Your Genki is totally not an unfamiliar name. We interviewed the label owner, Christian, in 2019, to talk about the start of the...

From 8 to 10 January 2021 Stichting Berg & van Dalen presents the exhibition Edo Sanpu 2020 at Zone2Source (The Glass House) Amstelpark in the city of Amsterdam. Edo Sanpu...

The hybrid event of Le Guess Who?, named ON/OFF is now only an online programme. The OFF programming, that would take place offline, has been cancelled due to the new...

Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM) will present its annual music showcase from 4 until 6 November 2020. The three-day event will be livestreamed for music fans worldwide via TIMM's official...

Composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto decided the date for his final concert of 2020. Titled Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 12122020, the performance is planned for 12 December 2020. In...

After a successful online live concert in August of this year, post-rock band The;Cutlery will be planning to do this once again on YouTube and Twitcasting in November. The stream...

Visual Kei band NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have had a rather turbulent time. With various changes of band members in a short period of time, which caused a bit of a crisis...

The first European tour of Visual Kei metal band DEVILOOF, originally planned for 2020 and postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic, has been cancelled after all. This was...

If you are still looking for a way to celebrate Halloween with good music, you might want to check out Kaya's Gothic Night on Saturday 31 October. The event will...

From 29 October at IBASHO Gallery in Antwerp will present the works of Dutch photographer Paul Cupido in the exhibition, titled Mukayu. Mukayu has been Cupido's spiritual guideline during his...

Alternative metal band HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT will soon celebrate the 20th-anniversary of the band with a performance at Hatsudai Doors in Tokyo. Since they know that not everybody is able...

The heavy metal band BLOOD STAIN CHILD will be streaming an online live show worldwide on Friday 23 October 2020. The stream will be free to watch on YouTube. Titled...