Aichi Prefecture to host “A Conversation About Health and Medicine—Let’s Talk Together Through Broccation®,” a social and community issues workshop developed through industry-academia-government collaboration (dialogue-based workshop for foreign residents)!
Reducing the operational burden on IT administrators: Remote management service “キキNavi” updated; VR-U series business routers now support cloud zero-touch automatic configuration
“Ganbare Goemon Collection!” launches today! Social media campaign offers happi coats, tenugui towels and fans! Plus, complete a survey to get PC and smartphone wallpapers!
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Includes a total of 13 titles
On sale Thursday, July 2, 2026
Companies mentioned:株式会社コナミデジタルエンタテインメント、KONAMI、PROJECT ZIRCON、Anime Culture Center by eeo、服部昇大、日ペンの美子ちゃん
For women who want more than skincare: Korean wellness-inspired “Moisture-Boosting Samgyetang Kit,” offering “beauty from within,” launches July 7
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8 natural ingredients: ginseng, jujubes, goji berries, white wood ear mushrooms, black wood ear mushrooms, glutinous rice, twenty-five-grain rice and natural mineral salt
Ready in approximately 20 minutes with just chicken wings and water
Retail price: ¥1,280 (tax included)
Net weight: 46 g (43 g kit + 3 g natural mineral salt)
【PDハウス】Parkinson’s disease care facility to hold events throughout July, featuring a variety of programs including rehabilitation experiences, tours with lunch, lectures and online seminars
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PDハウス has 56 facilities open nationwide (as of the end of March 2026).
“Hatsuhime” peaches from Fukushima Prefecture, won at the market’s first auction of the season, bring the taste of the season to audiences inside and outside the prefecture through the fruit and parfaits
Photomatic photo booths to appear for a limited time at the Tony Oursler Exhibition, Japan’s first major solo exhibition by トニー・アウスラー
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From Friday, July 3, through Sunday, September 27, 2026
5 types in total
¥800 (tax included; 1 print plus still image and video data)
Photomatic’s self-photo service began in 2018, inspired by a comment from its representative, Hong Seunghyun, who is also a photographer: “Why not take your own portrait instead of having a photographer take it for you?”
Photomatic made its full-scale entry into Japan in 2024, when it began collaborating with the キタムラ・ホールディングス Group.
Was absorbed through a merger into 株式会社フォトクリエイト effective April 1, 2026.
In the age of AI, English can be translated, but “the CEO’s vision” cannot. A management training program in “translating business strategy” will launch July 1, turning managers from “messengers” into “interpreters of management strategy”
Worldwide sales surpass 2万 units. New features, including diaries and photos, arrive for advanced AI robot “lopeto.” Up to 15% off all products during Prime Day
【Mitaka Station】Private-room personal gym “MARBELL GYM Mitaka” to grand open in July 2026. Popular Hachioji personal gym opens its 2nd location, with IFBB PRO Naoya Amano as head trainer
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Grand opening in July 2026
Enrollment fee: 11,000 yen (tax included)
■2 months (16 sessions): 219,800 yen (tax included)
■3 months (24 sessions): 319,800 yen (tax included)
■4 months (32 sessions): 419,800 yen (tax included)
■5 months (40 sessions): 499,800 yen (tax included)
■10 sessions: 94,800 yen (tax included)
■20 sessions: 184,000 yen (tax included)
■30 sessions: 264,000 yen (tax included)
■40 sessions: 339,800 yen (tax included)
Companies mentioned:株式会社マーベルフィットネス、MARBELL GYM、IFBB PRO
Launch of “ココミナ,” an internal portal development support service that connects management and the workplace and creates systems for people and organizations to grow
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Developing regional revitalization businesses through food as a regional trading company since 2007
What changes under the Freelance Act? Seminar and networking event offering an in-depth look at “companies that place orders × freelancers,” featuring the lawyer who drafted the bill, to be held in Osaka on 7/22 (Wed.)
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Event date and time: July 22, 2026 (Wed.), 13:30–16:30
One month until Aug. 2, “Zero Vacant Homes Day”: In an era of 9 million vacant homes, a summer to think about the future of the family home before returning for Obon. Vacant-home awareness campaigns to spread nationwide, prompted by Obon homecomings, inheritance, disaster preparedness and the Basic Plan for Housing.
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There are 9 million vacant homes nationwide
The vacant house rate is 13.8%
There are 3.85 million vacant homes, excluding those for rent or sale and secondary residences.
[Hokkaido-based, FC-headquarters roll-up] Business succession startup Creaepia raises 10 million yen from domestic VCs in the first close of its seed round
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Cumulative funding since the pre-seed stage totals 16.24 million yen
A new discovery prompted by a social media post: Wasps that parasitize mantis egg cases discovered in Japan for the first time! A new form of discovery connecting citizen observations with expert research
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About 150,000 insect species are known worldwide
The final number of species is estimated to exceed 1 million
Because parasitoid wasps are extremely small, they are difficult to discover and document in the wild, and their distribution and ecology remain poorly understood. However, parasitoid wasps are important not only as natural enemies of pests and as biological pesticides (*2), but are also attracting attention as indicators for assessing biodiversity, making it important to clarify their diversity. In particular, records of wasps that parasitize mantis egg cases are limited both in Japan and abroad, and they were barely known in Japan.
The genus Eupelmus is a large group with about 1,000 known species, but
only 5 species that parasitize mantis egg cases, including this species, have been reported
横浜市青葉区 and 東急スポーツシステム株式会社 sign a collaboration agreement
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On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, the “Collaboration Agreement between 横浜市青葉区 and 東急スポーツシステム株式会社 on Community Development through Sports and Promoting the Health of Older Adults”
Free therapy-dog visits to begin at facilities for older adults and people with disabilities in Kanuma City — selected for Kanuma City GCF funding for the 2nd consecutive year
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The program will serve 6–10 facilities in the city, including facilities for older adults and people with disabilities, medical institutions and educational institutions
“HR doesn’t have to handle all aspects of hiring people with disabilities.” Service site “D&I for Biz” launches for companies facing challenges with large-scale recruitment!
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More than 4,000 companies have adopted the service
A track record of serving more than 1,000 people in total
Entries open for “PS:JAPAN2026,” a national pachinko tournament for students
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Original優勝チームには大会奨学金として、チーム1名あたり111万円を贈呈します。
The team representative must be a student aged 18 or older enrolled at a university, graduate school, junior college, vocational school or college of technology.
Team members do not have to be students, provided they are at least 18 when entering and no older than 24 as of the end of March 2027.
“Staffer Retro: Psychic Deduction Quest,” which surpassed 17 million yen in crowdfunding support, opens for preorders on ニンテンドーeショップ. A list of retailer bonuses for the physical edition has also been released.
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Approximately 82 million won on South Korea’s crowdfunding platform Tumblbug
Approximately 8.7 million yen on Japan’s crowdfunding platform CAMPFIRE
Download version: 3,500 yen (including tax)
First production run of physical edition: 4,700 yen (including tax)
Yamaya Distillery’s “Jar-Aged Plum Liqueur Made with Long-Aged Jar-Stored Spirits” wins gold at IWSC2026, one of the world’s three major competitions for alcoholic beverages; 2 other products win silver
Learning from “failure” rather than success — What are the “turning points that shape a company’s future” revealed in business succession cases, where people say, “I wish I’d sought advice sooner”?
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Date and time: Reiwa 8, July 28 (Tuesday), 14:00–16:00
We hope these 2 hours will give you an opportunity to start thinking about your company’s future.
[Only here in Japan! New brand makes a limited-time appearance at エキュート品川! “Give a gift of thought through fragrance”: tea and butter sweets from 『LEAF ET BEURRE』]
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6 pieces: 972 yen (tax included)
12 pieces: 1,944 yen (tax included)
4 pieces: 864 yen (tax included)
8 pieces: 1,728 yen (tax included)
Monday, July 6, 2026
July 20, 2026 (Monday, national holiday)
Companies mentioned:株式会社MON・CREVE、LEAF ET BEURRE、エキュート品川、JR品川駅
An opportunity to rediscover the wonders of the region’s nature and climate. Report on the “43rd National Urban Greenery Fair in Kyoto Tamba: Event marking nearly 100 days to go”
JIGGYS SHOP launches an officially approved 阪神タイガース cooling poncho and laundry net at the same time. Summer cooling goods for watching games at Koshien, festivals and outdoor activities
[Okayama] Productivity improvement seminar on “Worksite improvement and DX,” presented by a productivity specialist. Breaking through labor shortages and analog operations. To be held on July 24!
Turning about 120,000 fire hydrant markers across Japan into communications hubs for disasters | 消火栓標識株式会社 conducts technology demonstration using Starlink
70% support a policy of “not serving snacks” when their children’s friends visit. Meanwhile, more than half of mothers feel conflicted, saying, “I want to stop, but I still serve them” [Survey of 275 parents]
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“Supportive (in favor)” came to 72.0%
Just 15.3% of households said they had “already adopted the policy (of not serving snacks at all)”
About 40% of respondents overall (42.2%) said, “We haven’t adopted the policy yet, but actually want to (we serve snacks to fit in with others, but would really like to stop).”
More than half of fathers (51.8%) said, “If they come to our home, I want to offer them something.”
Among women (mothers), who often handle practical tasks such as hosting visitors and cleaning up, a majority (50.9%) said, “I’d really like to stop.”
Among “full-time homemakers,” who are often at home during the day and have to deal directly with visitors, about 86% (85.9%) supported the “no snacks” policy in principle
“Risk of health problems due to allergies, etc. (44.0%)”
“Differences in approaches to food education (21.5%)”
A total of 84.7% gave a positive response, saying they “strongly support” or “support” the idea.
七代目松五郎 launches its “Seasonal Solo Hot Pot” series celebrating the four seasons. The first offering is the summer-only “Solo Salt-Flavored Offal Hot Pot Loaded with Vegetables”
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Sales period: July 3 (Friday)–September 30 (Wednesday), 2026 (planned)
The e-commerce site for veterinary clinics and pet owners, operated by animal healthcare innovation leader Zpeer (ズピア), has reopened following a rebrand as “ZpeerSTORE(ズピアストア)”.
A training course for “linguists,” a new profession that puts English skills to work in the AI era, launches in April 2027 at フェロー・アカデミー, a translation school with a 51-year history.
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Capacity: 30 (12 in-person, 18 online)
Tuition: 1,265,000 yen (tax included)
Applications open at noon on November 16, 2026 (Monday)
In response to growing demand from data centers and factory automation, 67 models of industrial optical transceivers have been added! Demo units available to support pre-purchase testing.
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The global optical transceiver market is worth approximately 2.5 trillion yen in 2026.
Approximately 7 trillion yen by 2034
Compound annual growth rate (CAGR): 17.00%
Lineup: 78 models in total
High-speed models of 100Gbps or more
Delivery in as little as 2 weeks
Companies mentioned:ダイヤトレンド株式会社、Fortune Business Insights、Cisco Systems、アライドテレシス、ワイドミュラー、Contec
【6,000-person survey on retirement benefits】About 15% of people in their 40s and 50s put their retirement benefits toward “asset management”; a difference of about 4.4 times based on investment experience
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About 15% of all respondents aged 40–59
25.1% of those with investment experience
5.7% of those with no investment experience
A gap of about 4.4 times
Just 4.3% of those with no investment experience said they would put their retirement benefits toward “asset management.”
Even among those expecting retirement benefits of less than 5 million yen, 20.7% of people with investment experience
8.3% of those with investment experience
14.8% of those with no investment experience
There are about 1.8 times as many people with no experience
A current University of Tokyo student traveled around Japan 3 times and reached this conclusion: “The best part of a trip isn’t the tourist attractions—it’s the supermarkets!” The book 『スーパーって観光地やねん』 is published by 青月社
株式会社セルバンク partners with ザ・プラス美容外科 代官山院 and begins providing autologous cultured dermal fibroblasts for skin regeneration treatment (regenerative medicine for the skin)
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Operates a large-scale cell processing and culture facility (CPC) with a site area of approximately 300㎡
[Amazon Prime Day] Refurbished マイクロソフト 「Surface Pro 7+」 units offered at a special limited-quantity price—get a great deal on a 2-in-1 with an 11th-generation Core i5 and detachable keyboard