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The first European tour of Visual Kei metal band DEVILOOF was actually planned to start in a couple of days, but due to the current situation around COVID-19 pandemic, it...

With the decision of the German government to ban mass gatherings until the end of August of this year, it means not only for prominent festival Wacken Open Air that...

More and more news gets shared about the upcoming Summer, especially if we focus on the festival season. With several festivals being cancelled and postponed where Japanese musicians were supposed...

Graspop Metal Meeting will not have a 2020 edition, since the Belgian government decided to put a ban on large gatherings until the first of September. The metal festival was...

Following the decision of the French government to extend restrictions on large gatherings until mid-July due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced that Japan Expo Paris will skip...

Japanese rock band URBANGARDE will release their first-ever authorised biography on 27 April. Polkadot Autobiography – URBANGARDE Chronicle will cover the early years of the band's formation by bandleader/vocalist Temma...

There will be no Hellfest this year, a sad message the organisation shared earlier today in an extensive statement on their website. The French authorities made a decision, due to...

Dutch theatres, concert halls, pop venues, event and sports organisers, museums and festivals jointly ask visitors to keep their tickets in order to support the cultural sector. The sector has...

"There will be no Roskilde Festival this Summer." This is how the broken-hearted message started from the Danish festival that would take place at the end of June and the...

The 2020 edition of Nippon Connection Film Festival, which also would be the 20th edition of the festival dedicated to Japanese films, will have a virtual edition. The decision was...

Sad news for the fans who were waiting to enjoy another edition of Desertfest in Berlin or London or maybe both, these editions are cancelled according to the announcements of...

AnimeCon Classic will not take place in June 2020, but in September 2021. That is what the organisation behind AnimeCon, J-POP Foundation, stated in an announcement that was shared yesterday....

It is a difficult situation right now, because of the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of events are uncertain, got postponed or even cancelled. Lately, AVO Magazine has been publishing a...

Nishicon's theme (Bizarre Adventure) may be suited with what's going on at the convention. The 2020-edition of the convention was planned on 2 and 3 May in Theater Hotel Almelo,...

Just like every year, Japan Museum SieboldHuis was planning to organise a new edition of the Japan Market on the Rapenburg in Leiden. For many Japan lovers it is a...

Thrash metal band SURVIVE was planning to return to Europe this month, to promote their latest album Immortal Warriors. Since the current situation around COVID-19, it has been decided that...

While we have been waiting for all the dates for the upcoming European tour of rock band THE BAWDIES after the announcement of the exclusive Dutch show in De Vorstin,...

The organisation of MONO JAPAN, a fair about contemporary Japanese craft and design, announced that they will hold their fifth edition of the event in 2021. Originally the event was...

The new rule of the Dutch government to ban events until 1 June in connection with COVID-19 also affects several Japan-related events. The first edition of Heroes Made in Asia...

After the most recent announcement by the Dutch government to ban events until the 1st of June 2020, the organisation of anime convention TomoCon had to decide to move the...

Due to the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the German convention DoKomi has announced to move the event from 23 and 24 May to 12 and 13 September. DoKomi will still...

Visual Kei musician SUI had the plan to return to Paris with his project David in April, in order to perform in the French city for the second time and...

Photographer Ryudai Takano would present his first solo exhibition in Europe, titled With Me, at IBASHO Gallery in Antwerp on 21st of March, but given the current situation in regards...

The organisation behind HYPER JAPAN Festival, a big event planned for 10, 11, and 12 July in Olympia London, announced that they will postpone the 2020-edition. In a message they...