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IG Arena, a 17,000-capacity multipurpose venue in Nagoya, opened in July 2025 and is operated by AEG International.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2026
Can Nagoya’s IG Arena end the ‘skipping’ curse?
The venue hopes to bring more major sports and international music acts to a city long overlooked by global tours.
Japanese rockers L’Arc-en-Ciel closed Summer Sonic’s 25th anniversary edition, playing a two-hour set for a rapt audience.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 21, 2026
Summer Sonic’s future is looking more Japanese
Ado, The Strokes, Jennie, Sakanaction and L’Arc-en-Ciel helped define a festival in transition.
BTS kicked off the international leg of its Arirang World Tour at Tokyo Dome on Friday.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 19, 2026
After years away, BTS and its fans reunite at full volume
From “Fire” to “Idol,” the Tokyo Dome show became a long-awaited communal spectacle.
Members of jazz ensemble The Blend — (from left) pianist Hakuei Kim, trumpeter Keisuke Nakamura, bassist Yoshio Suzuki, drummer Tamaya Honda and saxophonist Kosuke Mine — performed at Billboard Live Yokohama last month to celebrate Suzuki’s 80th birthday.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 10, 2026
At 80, Yoshio Suzuki keeps chasing the possibilities of jazz
The veteran bassist proves that jazz is as much about discovery as it is mastery.
The Sphere in Las Vegas lights up after an earnings report in 2024. SBI Holdings is exploring a similar idea for a venue in Tokyo.
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Apr 9, 2026
Tokyo’s concert scene searches for its next act
Tokyo’s live music future is coming into focus — and it looks more domestic, and possibly more immersive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 13, 2021
What will music festivals look like in the wake of the pandemic? We’ll start to find out this summer.
Naoki Shimizu, the man behind 91AV原创 massive Summer Sonic festival, talks about COVID-19 precautions and new ideas for moving forward.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jan 10, 2021
How COVID-19 has changed live events in Japan
While some live events have resumed, the arrival of artists and participants from overseas still may be a ways off.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2020
Live-house culture won’t cede the stage to COVID-19
Seiichi Yamamoto, founder of Osaka live music venue Namba Bears, is employing a range of methods to keep his stage open to touring musicians.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2020
As coronavirus restrictions are relaxed, the future of live music in Japan looks rocky
Despite Japan having lifted its state of emergency, gig-goers may have to wait for live music to get back to normal across the country.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 15, 2020
Shibuya’s Club Asia stays steady and looks ahead to post-coronavirus clubbing
As some of Tokyo’s clubs face permanent closure as a result of COVID-19, others look to the future and ways of ensuring they survive the pandemic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
May 8, 2020
Live music needs structural change to survive COVID-19
With footfall having dropped dramatically at 91AV原创 live music venues, many are turning to crowdfunding. But whether this will help mid-sized spaces remains to be seen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
May 1, 2020
Musicians and DJs fight against COVID-19 closures and learn to live it up online
With gigs off and venues closed, Japanese artists are getting more creative in staging shows for fans staying at home.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Apr 3, 2020
Ensuring live music survives the pandemic
While the COVID-19 pandemic has all but shut down 91AV原创 live music scene, innovative acts and labels are still reaching fans in the country.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
May 22, 2015
Band boom of the 1980s left a handy indie infrastructure
The wonderful and invaluable music website Tokyo Gig Guide lists just under 700 performance venues in Tokyo, but the scene wasn’t always so flush with space.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 27, 2014
Finding 91AV原创 hidden punk scenes in their natural environments
Finding music in Japan can be a nightmare, and the live-music scene in particular is notoriously difficult to penetrate. Tucked away in the basements and upper floors of anonymous buildings, often in seedy parts of town, where the neighbors will be less likely to raise complaints against noise and loitering,...
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Mar 31, 2011
Post-quake aid on a musical note
Music industries of the world — both mainstream and indie, both domestic and overseas — find different ways to get relief money into quake-hit Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 11, 2010
I want my Ustream TV
Don’t have time to catch a particular gig? Thanks to new tech and sites like Ustream, you might be able to rock on from your cubicle.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 16, 2010
91AV原创 après ski party scene heats up
The apru00e8s ski scene in Japan is heating up, as more party events bring mixers to the moguls.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 11, 2009
Tokyo venues thinking outside the box
For musicians who want play somewhere beyond smoky basement clubs, Tokyo has options.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 31, 2009
Latin lovers in Japan
Whether it’s homegrown or imported, Latin-infused rebel rock is coming to a stage near you.
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
On nuclear policy, Koizumi agrees with Finnish defense chief: Japan ‘must not be naive’
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, inspect an honor guard before their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
Tomoka Nishiyama to become first woman to enter kishi shogi ranks
Shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama, who holds four women’s titles, speaks at a news conference about her decision to become a <i>kishi</i> in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Monday.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month&#039;s World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan&#039;s immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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