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Tinsel Magazine says Belfast singer-songwriter Jolene Burns repeated as the UK winner at TikTok LIVE’s Music on Stage and placed fifth in the world at the Sept. 18 Global Final.

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Derek Hui, the Toronto-born entrepreneur now based in Tokyo, says photographing more than 400 weddings gave him the discipline he later used to fund and manage artists.

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SJ Auctioneers will hold an online-only Estate Silverware, Toys, Décor & Glass Art auction on Sunday, October 18, at 6 p.m. Eastern, with 281 lots led by sterling silver, fine jewelry, vintage games and collectible décor. The sale is live now on…

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Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo will relaunch its Forest Aurora & Glimmering Dew winter garden illumination on Nov. 10, 2026, adding a new mist installation called Tokyo Sea of Clouds – YAKUMO – and about 300 crystals across its historic Tokyo garden.

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TBCASoft says Binance Pay will go live on September 29, 2026 across PayPay merchants in Japan, opening local QR-code payments to eligible overseas users.

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The UK-based brand says it offers hand-made, made-to-order T-shirts for men and women across dozens of Japanese-themed collections.

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SV.LEAGUE will bring regular-season matches to Bangkok on Oct. 10-11, marking the league’s first official games outside Japan.

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Waseda University released episode 2 of Season 3 of its English-language podcast on Sept. 24, 2026, focusing on how automation, inheritance and demographic change could shape Japan’s economic future.

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Toronto entrepreneur and former music manager Derek Hui is marking three years since moving alone to Tokyo in 2023 with a YouTube documentary series about rebuilding his life abroad.

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Quinn’s Auction Galleries will open a 400-lot online-only Fine and Decorative Arts Auction on Sept. 25, with fresh-to-market works from Northern Virginia estates, residences and private collectors.

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Japanese boy group JO1 has released ANIMAL, its first full English-language EP and official U.S. debut project, on Oct. 2. The six-track set, produced entirely by Grammy winner Dem Jointz, arrives as JO1 begins a five-city North American tour.

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Park Hotel Tokyo is hosting a free autumn exhibition, curated by Ginza Galleries, from Aug. 24 to Nov. 15 in its 25th-floor Atrium.

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VH2 Networks CEO Daryll Triplett is set to appear at the Global Film Fest at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Oct. 3, 2026, where VH2 and Tokyo-based Aurora Borealis Entertainment will launch a cross-market content partnership.

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C9 Entertainment boy group NAZE has released its first Japanese digital single, marking the seven-member act’s return to Japan after its Korean debut earlier this year.

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BRAND JAPAN Co., Ltd. has launched a U.S.-focused online store to sell authentic Japanese crafts nationwide.

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Shiba Park Hotel and Park Hotel Tokyo, both operated by Shiba Park Hotel Co., Ltd., were featured in a sponsored article in France’s Le Figaro Voyage on September 7, 2026. The placement is part of a broader push to reach travelers in France,…

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Tokyo is expanding its Cool Biz campaign with new heat-safety tools, public contests and cooling maps as the city braces for hotter summers and rising heatstroke risk.

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Dubai-based Dom Art Gallery is making its first Tokyo Gendai appearance from Sept. 10-13, 2026, with a solo booth of works by Kirill Makarov.

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Propstore will sell nearly 1,000 movie posters over three days Oct. 9-11 in a Fall Collectible Posters Auction expected to total $1.5 million.

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Trenders’ ampule division will stage a JETRO-supported J-Beauty activation at the A Spell In The Sky music festival on Sept. 12 at Los Angeles State Historic Park. The booth is designed to turn Japanese beauty into a hands-on experience as the…