![PIG (Raymond Watts) | Live-Photo @ Kōenji HIGH, Tokyo [JP] (2026)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PIG-Koenji-High-2026-24-1080x675.jpg)
by VMJ | Jun 28, 2026 | Live Shots
BAND: PIG DATE: June 25th & June 26th (2026) VENUE: Koenji HIGH LOCATION: Tokyo [JP] PHOTOGRAPHER: Yoann CLOCHON ARTICLE: REPORT Yoann CLOCHON (c) VMJ ───────────── ⩺ OFFICIAL WEBSITE | HERE ⩺ OFFICIAL X | HERE ⩺ OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM | HERE ⩺ OFFICIAL...
by VMJ | Jun 24, 2026 | Interview
In Japan, the god of rain and the god of art are connected — they share the same deity, tied to dragons, to that whole world. So, an ameonna isn’t cursed. She’s being watched over by the god of art. The moment I heard that, something shifted in me. I stopped fighting...
by VMJ | Jun 23, 2026 | Headline
As the 2026 biopic Michael breaks box office records, the history of Western media hostility faces a major wave of revisionism. But the real story lies in the corporate and cultural divide between the West and Japan. There is a distinct fatigue in watching internet...
by VMJ | May 9, 2026 | Headline
D’ESPAIRSRAY’s new single, RAPTURE, set to be released on May 13th (2026) D’ESPAIRSRAY will release their new single RAPTURE on May 13, 2026 — their first new music in approximately 16 years, following LOVE IS DEAD in April 2010. If you need to catch up on how...
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by VMJ | May 9, 2026 | Report
While HIZUMI often jokes that he only ever brings the rain, something he even joked about that night, what he actually did was bring the lights back to that home. On a day Japan celebrated new growth and the return of light, Zepp DiverCity felt like exactly that: a...
