The key to early detection of dementia! Tips to help families spot the signs and ways to smoothly get someone to the hospital — “Health Capsule! Genki Time,” 3/29 (Sun.)
“pop’n music Kawa Poyo Stickers” roll out at amusement facilities nationwide
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Konami Arcade Games will roll out the “pop’n music Kawa Poyo Stickers” prize at amusement facilities nationwide and through the online prize game “Konakure” starting March 26. The stickers come in 2 types, “red” and “blue,” and are about 10 cm wide. To mark the launch, the company is running a campaign on its official X account through March 31, with sticker sets to be awarded to 3 winners selected by lottery.
CLACK signs “Nakano City Community-Based Integrated Care Promotion Partnership (NIC+) Agreement” with Nakano City
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CLACK Inc. has signed a “Nakano City Community-Based Integrated Care Promotion Partnership Agreement (NIC+ Agreement)” with Nakano City. The company operates “Job Transit,” an education and employment support service for single mothers, and aims to strengthen the community-based integrated care system by supporting employment for single mothers and others in Nakano City.
A place to stay with cats even if you have a cat allergy: crowdfunding begins in Takamatsu, Kagawa
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TEN TO SEN Inc. has launched a crowdfunding campaign to promote overnight stays where people with cat allergies can spend time with cats. At KUKU Pet Lodge, the accommodation facility it operates in Takamatsu City, guests can enjoy experiences with hairless cats such as Sphynx cats.
【Free for the first 300 applicants】Get a head start before junior high school begins—online spring courses for incoming first-year students (preview English and math before enrollment)
“Kyoka Ninka Navi” adds a filing checker for the transportation industry, including changes to filing requirements following the 2024 issue
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Mycat Inc. has added a notification checker for the transportation industry to its permit and license search service, “Permit Navi.” By entering basic information, users can automatically determine which notifications are required for changes to operational management systems or vehicle numbers, which have become more complicated due to the “2024 problem.” The service helps small and medium-sized businesses without dedicated administrative departments manage submission destinations and deadlines.
“Turn Your Beloved Dog into Contemporary Art!” An “EIJI TAMURA DOG ART” commission event featuring vividly painted dogs will be held at Sendai Mitsukoshi from Wednesday, April 8! Make your special dog into a timeless work of art.
Porous fibers created to adsorb causative agents of intractable diseases
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Toray has developed a technology that can freely control the pore diameter of porous PMMA fibers from the nanometer scale to about 1,000 nm. This makes it possible to selectively adsorb high-molecular-weight substances that cause intractable diseases. Toray will pursue practical applications for treatment as well as applications in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
“Unchin Sagaryu-kun - Gomidenese Series” honored in a grant program by the ACC Foundation, recognized for logistics cost savings and environmentally conscious design
New, unopened computers released in 2025 are on sale at special prices on “Business Sales of Used Computers,” a used computer sales site for businesses!
A cutting-edge hotel laundry service for “SDGs & DX”! Exhibiting at “Leisure & Sports Japan 2026 in Okinawa” (April 24 (Fri.) and 25 (Sat.), Okinawa Convention Center)
Survey conducted on attitudes toward implantable contact lenses (phakic posterior chamber lenses) among men and women in their 20s to 40s with visual acuity of 0.1 or below
[Up to 50% OFF] Bring Kuromatsunai’s bounty to your table! Towa Veil’s “Nice to Meet You! Campaign!” half-price sale runs for a limited time from March 26
[Hida, Gifu Prefecture] A landmark achievement after 30 years! 377 items, including “stone rods,” Jomon-period ritual objects excavated in Miyagawa, Hida City, to become Important Cultural Properties of Japan! Recognized for their high academic value as materials illuminating the production process
【Projected annual yield of 15.0%】Real estate crowdfunding platform “TECROWD” releases information on domestic income-gain fund “OME Data Center#02 phase2”
Unleash your creativity with blocks that light up, move and make sounds! “SparkBlocks” arrives in Japan. No smartphone or PC required—just build the blocks to intuitively understand electronic circuits!
caseplay launches 3 smartphone case models compatible with the latest “iPhone 17e”! Find the perfect case for you from a wide selection of more than 5000 designs※1!
Marketing AI OS “ENSOR” adds an “element replacement” feature for ad banners — upload 2 images to precisely replace selected areas while preserving the background, composition and lighting
“Turn Your Beloved Dog into Contemporary Art!” An “EIJI TAMURA DOG ART” commission event featuring vividly painted dogs will be held at Sendai Mitsukoshi from Wednesday, April 8! Make your special dog into a timeless work of art.
ProOne launches “Electronic Signature Option,” integrating everything from creating forms such as estimates, purchase orders and invoices to internal approvals and e-signatures
Partnership agreement signed with Osaka’s Suminoe Ward on employment support for local businesses and education support for children and lifelong learning
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and MOL CAREER have signed a partnership agreement with Suminoe Ward, Osaka City. The parties will collaborate in 3 areas: employment support for companies in the ward, education support for children and lifelong learning. They will also develop initiatives such as educational programs using the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines museum “Funeshiru” in the ward, with the aim of achieving sustainable regional development.
【Kyoto Tachibana University】In April 2027, Kyoto Tachibana University will establish a master’s and doctoral program in engineering in its Graduate School of Engineering*
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Kyoto Tachibana University will establish a master’s program and a doctoral program in its Graduate School of Engineering in April 2027. Centered on information and communications technology (ICT), the programs will integrate education and research with AI, robotics, and architecture and urban studies. The university aims to develop highly specialized professionals and will also accommodate working adults and continuing education.
That sculpting book is back after 9 years! A special one-night-only lecture. Seminar celebrating the release of “Animal Modeling: Animal Sculpting Anatomy, Expanded and Revised Edition” to be held Saturday, April 25, 2026
In April 2026, Town Kitchen Inc. will take over the master lease and property management operations for Nesting Park Kurokawa, a mixed-use facility established by Odakyu Electric Railway. Drawing on its experience working on the facility from the planning stage as a startup support center, the company will manage everything from leasing to area revitalization as a whole, aiming to usher in a new phase for suburban hubs.
Construction advances on fuel ammonia facilities for JERA’s Hekinan Thermal Power Station
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IHI Plant, Taisei Corporation and Chubu Plant Service are advancing EPC work to enable large-scale fuel ammonia combustion at JERA’s Hekinan Thermal Power Station. As of March 2026, roof lifting had been completed for the outer shells of units 1 and 2 of the 4 ammonia storage tanks, which have a combined capacity of 160,000 tons. The project aims to begin commercial operations in fiscal 2029.
The number of providers supported under the Reiwa 7 “Care Plan Data Collaboration System” adoption support project has surpassed 2,000 — Promoting care DX models in 32 areas across 28 municipalities nationwide with NPO TADAKAYO
“Inheritance AI” releases a nominal deposit check tool — AI assesses in 3 levels the risk that savings and deposits held in family members’ names may be considered inheritance assets
【JPI Seminar】Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: “Building a Drug Discovery Ecosystem and Measures to Promote Clinical Trials and Studies,” to be held Thursday, April 9
【Japan premiere】A symposium featuring South African photography and music artists, plus a concert by an artist who worked on a Grammy Award-winning album, will be held on Sunday, April 19, in the modern underground hall of Higashi Honganji, one of the world’s largest wooden buildings!
【NHK Culture】Recharge your mind and body with spring energy! NHK Cultural Center Machida Classroom presents a special feature on spring lifestyle courses.
Easing the isolation of parents facing “unanswerable university entrance exams”: A YouTube media outlet specializing in holistic admissions and an X community for parents of junior and senior high school students launch
Wellness startup BASYO to exhibit at Startup JAPAN EXPO 2026, one of Japan’s largest startup trade shows; will host a trial session for its vending-machine-sized, installed mini gym
Art Freak achieves a double win, receiving the world’s top GOLD AWARD for 2 works at the Exhibit Design Awards, the “Academy Awards” of the exhibition design world!
[Local LLM case study] Using AI to protect confidential information and improve operational efficiency | Matsuo Lab startup Athena streamlines banking operations for Joyo Bank with a local LLM that does not send confidential information externally
[Co-hosted by 3 companies] Move beyond “just because” OOH: FreakOut Group brings its full strength to a webinar on data-driven DOOH optimization strategies on 4/9
Popular character Hoppe-chan products to be rolled out to thousands of 100-yen stores nationwide, opening a new phase for the IP licensing business with a distinctive “low prices × high turnover” model
Ranking of searches for Japan’s World Heritage sites: Shrines and Temples of Nikko—global demand for the site viewed through search behavior in the age of AI
[Free online seminar] “Think you delivered it, but it never arrived: 3 key points for designing messages that reach customers” to be held from 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2026
FUNDINNO and Okasan Securities strengthen capital and business partnership, expanding investment opportunities in unlisted shares through FUNDINNO PLUS+
Webinar “Why doesn’t ad spending translate into sales? An e-commerce strategy to grow sales through structure—the blueprint connecting customer acquisition, CVR, and customer experience” to be held on April 9, 2026!
Establishes rules for calculating CO2 emissions across the entire software lifecycle and promotes the creation of low-carbon software-related businesses
Synchro Food and HR Solutions launch integration between Kyujin Inshokuten.com and Rikuop, streamlining recruitment through automatic transfer of applicant information
— Working with the next generation to realize a circular society through clothing — Hirakata Municipal Ogura Elementary School × “World Ecolomo Campaign”: Students take the lead in collecting clothing and holding a workshop