Japan-related Events

In a message on their official website and social media pages, the rock band MELT-BANANA announced that they have to cancel the upcoming US tour due to the current situation...

Multi-instrumentalist Yuko Araki, for some better known as the drummer of KUUNATIC, had the plan to tour Europe later in May, but that tour is cancelled due to the current...

Japanese theatrical group Japone will join the online convention AnimeCon @ Home in the weekend of 6 and 7 June. One of the group members, Kazuma, who is a dancer,...

Visual Kei musician SUI has little luck with his plan to return to Paris for a performance with his music project David in April, to celebrate the third anniversary for...

After quitting their fulltime jobs, it was time for the ladies of punk-rock-garage quartet Otoboke Beaver (おとぼけビ～バ～) to go touring all over the world. To celebrate their next step in life,...

Metalcore band CRYSTAL LAKE announced that they will not come to Europe this Summer. The shows can't take place due to the current situation around COVID-19, making it impossible for...

Heavy metal band ANTHEM is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year and was planning to tour Europe as part of this celebration. This tour has been cancelled by the band....

MEX, Manga & Entertainment Expo, a convention in Berlin that was planned for 23, 24 and 25 October, has been postponed due to the measures taken by the local authorities...

The largest anime and Japan fair in Germany has planned their physical event in September, which normally would take place in May, but also decided to go online with DigiKomi,...

London-based Japanese alternative rock band Bo Ningen will tour the United Kingdom to promote their new album Sudden Fictions. The tour is planned in October, consists of 11 shows and...

Salón del Manga y Cultura Japonesa de Alicante, a Spanish manga and Japanese culture fair in Alicante, announced earlier today that they will postpone the 10th edition of the event....

The Swedish festival High 5ive Summer Fest 2020 has announced that the 2020 edition will be postponed due to current measures and various travel restrictions worldwide, all due to the...

After cancelling the 2020 edition of the German convention Hanami Ludwigshafen, the organisation, Animexx eV, has been thinking of a way to sweeten the time until Hanami 2021. In the...

When the ladies of the Japanese pop-rock band GIRLFRIEND announced at the end of 2019 that they would perform outside Japan again, it was impossible to predict what eventually became...

The organisation behind the Belgian convention Atsusacon, Ganbaro VZW, has announced that the 2020-edition which was also supposed to be the 10th-anniversary edition will be cancelled. The decision to cancel...

Bad news, but expected, because the upcoming European tour of BABYMETAL, which would take place in June, has been cancelled. This was announced by BABYMETAL earlier today on their official...

Originally, J-POP Foundation's AnimeCon Classic would take place in the first weekend of June. Since the classic edition got postponed and the regular edition of AnimeCon being planned for next...

After all the cancellations and postponements of several big events in Germany, such as Connichi and Wacken Open Air, it may not come as a surprise that the 2020 edition...

The Danish convention J-Popcon announced their postponement for their 2020 edition, that was planned for May 2020. The convention will now take place from 19 to 21 February 2021. According...

The Jpop Double Trouble Tour that was planned for Europe in July with pop musicians 2& (DOUBLE AND) and Mariko Takei is postponed. This was announced by tour organisation Orion...

Due to the current situation of uncertainty, the organisation behind the Spanish convention Japan Weekend decided to organise an online edition of the well known Japan Weekend editions. The event...

The German convention Connichi is another major event that has had to inform both its visitors and partners that they have been forced to cancel the 2020 edition. After the...

The organisation behind Viencon, a cosplay-focused convention that takes place at Centerparcs de Limburgse Peel in The Netherlands, has announced that the 2020 edition will get postponed to 2021. It...

Art Punk Psychedelic Rock trio TsuShiMaMiRe (つしまみれ) recently announced their European tour for June a few weeks ago, but earlier today they shared the conclusion that this tour can't go...