About 81% of companies paying attention to generative AI and AI search said they want to strengthen YouTube/SNS. Corporate communications are shifting from “being found in searches” to “being correctly understood by AI.”
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80.9% of companies paying attention to generative AI and AI search said they want to strengthen YouTube/SNS
Among those not paying attention to or unfamiliar with generative AI and AI search (n=132), only 13.6% said they planned to strengthen these channels
65.0% of companies said the importance of communications linking YouTube/SNS with generative AI search is growing
57.3% of companies currently operate YouTube/SNS channels
73.3% of companies operating YouTube/SNS channels (n=172) reported results such as inquiries, business meetings and job applications
“Service descriptions on the company website” ranked first at 45.7%
Only a few booth spaces remain at the “2027 MOBAC SHOW / 30th International Baking and Confectionery Industry Exhibition,” which is accepting exhibitors
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30th International Baking and Confectionery Industry Exhibition
237 exhibitors
31,615 visitors (registered attendees)
More than 60% visited to view exhibits of food machinery and related equipment, primarily for baking and confectionery
Accounted for nearly 30%
23.0% were in positions to decide on product adoption
A combined 43.9% were responsible for evaluating, selecting or recommending products
Exhibiting delivered results that satisfied nearly 90% of exhibitors
Was able to promote the company (products) (48.3%)
Was able to identify potential customers (14.9%)
Was able to use the event for market research (17.6%)
[On the world stage] A student from the e-sports business department at 専門学校岡山ビジネスカレッジ has been selected to represent Japan at the “Adobe Certified Professional World Championship 2026”!
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Selected as 1 of Japan’s 2 representatives
The world finals will be held in the United States in late July 2026
Kunisaki, Oita-produced extra virgin olive oil wins the top Platinum award at the Korea International Olive Oil Competition 2026! Double wins at competitions in Japan and South Korea
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Price/volume: 3,348 yen/100ml
A total of 801 entries from 29 countries were submitted to the 2026 competition.
[Survey on financial mistakes] 99.4% have made a financial mistake. The biggest cause was neither “lack of knowledge” nor “fraud”—what unexpected pitfall did 41.0% identify?
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People who answered that they had “made a financial mistake”
[Opening in Naha] ALBA歯科＆矯正歯科, one of Japan’s largest dental groups, to open at Asahibashi Station on July 1! Offering Japan’s No. 1 implant track record (*) and a “lifetime guarantee plan” that overturns conventional wisdom in the dental industry
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Operates a total of 41 clinics in the group
More than 11,539 implants placed
Original1本99,800円（税込）〜
From 998 yen per month
Maintenance fees set at 3,300 yen as a special price under the lifetime guarantee plan
The 9th fund from “TRINITY FUND” will begin accepting subscriptions on a first-come, first-served basis from 10 a.m. on June 19 (Fri). Expected annual yield of 8.0% (before tax) and a short investment period of 6 months!
To celebrate the completion of “the best soup in Tsubaki’s history,” 麺屋つばき亭 古河店 is holding a “serious half-price festival,” with 2 signature menu items at half price! Limited to 4 days, June 19 (Fri)–22 (Mon), 2026
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Limited to 4 days, June 19 (Fri)–22 (Mon), 2026
“Ta Umai Ramen” and “Abura Soba” offered at a special price of 440 yen, down from the regular price of 880 yen (tax included)
Operates 16 ramen shops in Tochigi Prefecture and also runs a ramen shop in Sydney, Australia
A turnaround story from a traditional industry! Kobe Match’s Mr. Sagayama, who broke through in the shrinking match market with “10 minutes of aroma,” to speak. “Seminar on Successful Branding Cases for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises” to be held at 東大阪商工会議所 on Thursday, July 23
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The journey to becoming a global brand loved in more than 30 countries around the world
“hibi” has grown into a core business, now accounting for approximately 40% of sales
[Izumi, Osaka] Masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Picasso and others gathered in one place! Special exhibition presenting the entire Western art collection of the Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts all at once for the first time
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Currently houses a collection of approximately 13,000 works
The Western modern art collection comprises 25 works
General admission: 1,000 yen
High school and university students: 600 yen
20% discount for groups of 20 or more and people aged 65 or older
Admission will be limited to the first 120 visitors.
[Behind the V-shaped recovery] Concerned about the commoditization of tension rods, which sell 1 million units a year. Seminar on successful branding cases featuring Kayoko Takeuchi, 3rd-generation head of Heian Shindo Kogyo, to be held on Friday, August 28
[Showcasing technologies attracting attention, including the world’s first transparent PP welded tank and high-precision gears for EVs] 8 Okayama Prefecture companies to exhibit at the Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo
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8 companies from Okayama Prefecture
The 31st Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo
July 1, 2026
Number of exhibiting companies and organizations: 1,975
[Manufacturing World Tokyo 2026] AI-powered shop-floor reporting system “Mirai no Genba Hyoho” to exhibit jointly with スカイディスク’s “Saiteki Works”! Proposing next-generation DX that uses AI to connect factories “from planning to results”
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Dates: July 1–3, 2026
Companies mentioned：株式会社ミライのゲンバ、スカイディスク、RX Japan 合同会社
The 3rd Japan Housing Quality Award 2025 puts residential businesses across Japan's on-the-ground capabilities to the test; top and excellence award winners honored!
Stories to pass on to future generations, and to deliver into their hands. A story to keep moving forward <エファジャパン Summer Fundraising Campaign through August 31, 2026>
Although 85% of CFOs are building strategies around AI, 92% are concerned they cannot put those strategies into practice (abridged version) — CFO Strategy Survey Report released
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85% of CFOs place AI at the center of their strategy
92% are concerned about adopting AI
This figure is up from 66% last year
Only 5% of CFOs can immediately access their company's spending data from a single system
They spend an average of 26 hours per month (more than 3 business days) manually reconciling data
73% cited data quality and readiness for AI adoption as the biggest barriers
76% said unclear ROI is an obstacle to further AI adoption
41% are confident that adopting autonomous workflows will deliver the greatest long-term financial returns
42% consider improving their teams' AI skills a top priority
A strong foundation in Coupa's proprietary data, valued at $10 trillion
“How can businesses collaborate to foster mutual aid?” — 9 business leaders meet in Rikuzentakata to see how mutual aid is taking root in the community
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Original経済同友会「共助資本主義の実現委員会」のメンバーを中心とした9名
June 11 (Thu.)–12 (Fri.), 2026, for 1 night and 2 days
[Additional spots and new registration] In-person attendance capacity expanded, with registration reopened. A seminar exclusively for business owners, featuring firsthand accounts of life after selling a business through M&A (Osaka, June 27)
Enjoy the Warring States period through a performance by 名古屋フィルハーモニー交響楽団 and a lecture by 小和田哲男 at “Inazawa Sengoku no Hibiki: Tracing the birthplace of Lord Nobunaga through taiga drama music and a lecture”
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Lottery-based admission, with a capacity of approximately 500
The event will be held on August 11, 2026 (Tue., holiday)
White Essence, which offers services such as teeth whitening through affiliated dental clinics nationwide, has teamed up with the English conversation school Seiha for the first time to jointly develop an English-language learning program about dental health as a special summer vacation lesson
Protecting employees from extreme heat with large-scale air conditioner installations! エムケイ自動車, which supports MKタクシー, a company with more than 66 years of history, is driving the transformation into a “more comfortable auto repair shop”
[Yonezawa Sengoku Fireworks] Tickets for the citizens’ advance-discount offer for the 3rd Yonezawa Sengoku Fireworks Festival go on sale June 20 (Saturday)! Experience the world’s only Sengoku-themed entertainment fireworks at a special price. General sales are scheduled to begin July 1 (Wednesday!
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Citizens’ discount: 5,000 yen per person (regular price: 8,000 yen)
Citizens’ discount: 10,000 yen per seat (regular price: 14,000 yen)
To be held on October 10, 2026 (Saturday), at Yonezawa City General Park (Minagawa Baseball Stadium)
Sales begin June 20, 2026 (Saturday)
General tickets will be available through eplus on July 1, 2026 (Wednesday)
Pinpointing the root cause of “initiatives that fail to change the front lines”! Sales organization diagnostic service “So-Da™” launches to accelerate sales enablement
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60-question survey
3 layers (executives, managers and front-line staff)
The Seragaki Island Marine & Activities Club offers more than 18 programs for everyone from children to adults.
“Ashibi” means “to play” in the Okinawan dialect. This accommodation plan, available for stays of 2 consecutive nights or more, includes a “Seragaki Ashibi Coupon” that lets guests choose freely from more than 20 activities.
ハイアット リージェンシー operates more than 235 hotels and resorts in more than 50 countries worldwide
Winners of the 15th Japan HR Challenge Awards, sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, announced! Winners include 博報堂DYホールディングス, PPIH/アクセンチュア, and アクティブアンドカンパニー
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This year, a total of 112 entries were submitted
13 entries were selected from among them
The survey score for career expectations rose from 2.6 to 3.2
Employees’ sense of growth also rose significantly, from 69.0% to 76.3%
Credit risk management company Riskmonster revises its rating methodology for identifying bankruptcy risk; evaluation reflecting rising interest rates and prices is expected to improve bankruptcy detection
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Bankruptcy detection accuracy (*) will remain above 90%
And is expected to improve by a further 0.3 percentage points
Based on cumulative bankruptcy analysis data covering more than 1.2 million companies
Currently adopted by more than 8,400 member companies
The Rismon Group had 15,042 members as of the end of March 2026
[Starts Friday, June 19!] “おそうじ本舗” issues a 1,100-yen-off coupon exclusively on its official website: final push for its early-bird air conditioner cleaning campaign
Bonpoint, a new product from butter confectionery specialty shop “Kaoru Butter Sabrina (サブリナ),” launches June 19, 2026 (Friday), with advance sales in Umeda and Shinjuku
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Price: 1,188 yen including tax (1,100 yen before tax)
Price: 1,620 yen including tax (1,500 yen before tax)
Price: 2,160 yen including tax (2,000 yen before tax)
Space Data launches “Space4Resilience,” a new resilience-building initiative, at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in partnership with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and the Commonwealth
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56 Commonwealth member countries
20–30 young officials, researchers and practitioners annually
Successful level 3.5 drone flights operated remotely using drones with automatic charging ports, and automated point cloud data generation, during the Sagami Dam renewal project
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Point cloud data processing, which previously took 5 hours to generate