[Starting August 24 at 22:00] More companies are seeing views rise but sales fail—free webinar unveils “SNS strategies to break free from viral-content dependence” for the AI era!
[Explained by a labor and social security attorney] Revisions to the “Power Harassment Prevention Guidelines” taking effect in October of Reiwa 8. Forced purchases of company products and SOGI harassment to be clearly recognized as power harassment
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Date and time: July 16, 2026 (Thu), 12:00–18:00
More than 750 people nationwide have obtained the “Employment Clean Planner” qualification
[October and November 2026] Major karate event “Kamakura Karate Day: Dedication Demonstrations and Okinawa-Kamakura Exchange Festival” to be held for the first time in Kamakura, the birthplace of karate's spirit!
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Fundraising campaign with a target of 7.45 million yen
Commemorating the 140th anniversary of his birth: “Tsuguharu Foujita: Rebirth and Challenge in New York” goes on sale July 12. A one-of-a-kind volume spotlighting the 10 months that marked a turning point in his life, when he forged new ground from rock bottom
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List price: 2,640 yen (tax included)
More than 300 works by Foujita are in the collection
Kunihiko Mitamura heads to Kumamoto's Aso in search of cool breezes | Horseback riding amid magnificent nature! Enjoy popular local dishes such as akaushi beef bowls and horse-meat croquettes! Plus, sample different kinds of basashi at Kurokawa Onsen!
A new “one-handed gourmet” treat to enjoy with the scenery on the shores of Lake Ashi in Hakone: Hakone's first savory crepe specialty shop, “SUN SAN D PICNIC,” grand opens on Thursday, July 16
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Hakone Forest Crepe with prosciutto and mozzarella salad: ¥1,400 (tax included)
Lake Ashi cherry salmon with dill cream: ¥1,500 (tax included)
Roast beef and wasabina with balsamic and teriyaki sauces: ¥1,500 (tax included)
Chunky vegetable caponata: ¥1,300 (tax included)
Honey quattro formaggi: ¥1,100 (tax included)
Sugar and butter: ¥900 (tax included)
Crème brûlée with salted whipped cream: ¥1,200 (tax included)
Companies mentioned：株式会社和心亭豊月、SUN SAN D PICNIC、SUN SAN D、和心亭豊月
Launches “ケンセツAIラボ,” custom AI development for the construction industry, to automate tasks such as extracting information from plans, digitizing tacit knowledge, and transcribing orders
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About 36% of construction industry workers are aged 55 or older
[Event on July 20] Buffalo to participate as one of the sponsoring companies in “Buffalo's Wacky Summer School 2026: Role-Playing Quest—5 Challenges for Parents and Children to Build Empathy”
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July 20, 2026 (Monday, national holiday)
Capacity: 25 groups
Participation fee: 2,000 yen
Registration deadline: Friday, July 17
People aged 65 or older account for 29.4% of the population
The number of foreign residents is 4.12 million
Marking 98 years since its founding this year
The 4th edition in 2026
47 companies and organizations, including government agencies, are participating
More than 30 hands-on programs to be held across Aichi Prefecture
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Companies mentioned：株式会社バッファロー、株式会社アイジーコンサルティング、医療法人愛知会 家田病院、合同会社永笑、株式会社エスエヌテー、株式会社折兼、CASHIME ＆ SLOW ART CENTER NAGOYA、春日井製菓株式会社、勝川エリア・アセット・マネジメント株式会社、コーミ株式会社、サーラグループ、三栄商事株式会社、浜名エンジニアリング株式会社、株式会社シアン、シンニチ工業株式会社、名古屋眼鏡株式会社、株式会社フジドリームエアラインズ、株式会社HELPUSH、株式会社mirasuma、株式会社村瀬鞄行、合同会社ライラカンパニー、ロート製薬株式会社、クリスピー・クリーム・ドーナツ・ジャパン株式会社
“ファミマこども食堂” holds its first heatstroke prevention collaboration event, serving as a community hub to protect lives and health during extreme summer heat! Children learn from a special ポカリスエット × 『はたらく細胞』 video and declare their “summer goals”
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Original2026年9月に創立45周年を迎えます
Held on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at the FamilyMart Harumi Center Building store
[Students are the driving force behind community development] First-ever nationwide university student business plan contest, “Regional Revitalization Youth Innovation Award 2026”
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Grand Prize: 300,000 yen
Excellence Award: 100,000 yen
Breakthrough Award (Daiwa House Special Award): 50,000
As the revised Social Welfare Act takes effect, labor shortages in medical and nursing care remain severe. Kyoto-developed specialized steam technology is helping address on-the-ground challenges in “clean care” that cannot be solved by systems alone.
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Recognized as caregiving technology in the bathing support category in April 2026.
Currently supporting clean care for people who have difficulty bathing or washing their hair at 41 sites, including hospitals, nursing care facilities, and home-care settings, across 2 urban prefectures and 16 prefectures.
On June 19, 2026, the revised Social Welfare Act, which expands support for older adults without reliable family connections, was passed by the House of Councillors plenary session and enacted.
12 kg model for hospitals and facilities (AT model, automatic water supply): can wash the hair of about 15 people
Portable 6 kg model (MA model, manual water supply): can wash the hair of 1–2 people
Bringing follow-ups in housing and real estate sales into view. 仲介王 significantly upgrades its virtual tour creation tool “VizTours” and releases “VizTours+”.
From “regulatory compliance” to “product data selected by AI.” Patent obtained for customer experiences and business models in the era of agentic commerce.
Salt made from Arima Onsen’s “golden spring” goes into pudding. “Arima Kinsen Salt Pudding Yumon,” created by a long-established inn with 70 years of history, opens July 16 (Thursday).
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A new souvenir from Arima Onsen, enhanced by Kinsen salt
Unprecedented: A “real-life hero” picking up litter in Shimbashi late on a Friday night?! Why a staffing industry CEO donned tights himself and launched “Recruit Hero Ono-chan,” a tokusatsu drama about protecting young people
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Has spoken directly with HR and recruitment staff at more than 1,000 companies in just the past 3 years
Japan’s first: “NEXY Summit 2026,” one of Japan’s largest summits led by 54 high school students—1,300 high school students from across Japan to gather in Tokyo on 8/6
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1,300 high school students from across Japan to gather
All 54 members, including the representative, are current high school students
Guest business leaders and 15 students selected from across Japan will take the stage
Admission is free for high school and university students; ¥3,000 for working adults
A high school entrepreneur with total NFT transactions of ¥150 million
Scholarships of up to ¥50,000 are available for people living outside major urban areas
Companies mentioned：学生団体NEXY、Chatwork、KADOKAWA、孫正義育英財団、株式会社CHEERS、セガサミーホールディングス株式会社、スイミー株式会社、AIESEC Japan、Business Contest KING
Theater × branding: Professionals from different fields join forces. “CHAKKA BRANDING,” an internal branding training program that addresses the challenge of strategy failing to take root within a company, launches
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Begins July 9, 2026.
A stage director with more than 20 years of experience coaching actors
Event report: “Wagasa no Mori ~Irodori Tanabata 2026~” drew a record-high approximately 45,000 visitors over 4 days, illuminating the approach to Hikawa Shrine in Saitama with 110 Japanese umbrellas and 25,000 LED lights
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110 Japanese umbrellas
25,000 LED lights
About 3,000 people took part in making tanzaku wish strips
Additional places available due to popular demand! Second-round applications open today. Kumejima is holding a large-scale island-wide “trial stay event.” Kumejima is “an island whose appeal you’ll understand once you visit.” October 12, 2026 (Monday, national holiday)–14 (Wednesday). Deadline: July 31 (Monday).
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Just 30 minutes by flight from Naha Airport.
Area: approximately 64 square kilometers
Hatenohama, a striking 7 km-long sandbar
Participation fee: ¥3,000
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October 12 (Mon., public holiday)–14 (Wed.), 2026
Application deadline (※ second round): July 31 (Mon.), 2026
WeDraft appoints Yuji Ito as executive officer to advance its mission of “solving data management and utilization challenges and strengthening data businesses”
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Supporting the resolution of HR and organizational challenges at more than 500 companies
Driving growth at a CAGR of 85% for 3 consecutive fiscal periods
BNR Speed Test, a trusted service in its 26th year, gets a full overhaul—real-world data by connection network (VNE) and provider reveals why internet speeds slow down at night
[Survey of small and midsize enterprise employees] About 70% say their work involves “a lot of inefficiency”! What is the key to breaking the vicious cycle in understaffed workplaces?
Supporting university students through the sale of quality surplus stock: a closed-market fashion pop-up event will be held at 武庫川女子大学 for 2 days starting July 15.
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13 students from the Faculty of Business Administration
Professional volleyball player Yuki Ishikawa personally supervised the design! Reservations for limited-edition [Yuki LIMITED] of the general medical device self-medication wear “Resona Bio®” open July 15 (Wed.)!
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Limited-quantity reservations will begin on July 15, 2026
FLEET PITLOCK system, a service to streamline corporate lease maintenance, launches a new service that reads work reports and handles lease billing data entry
Web3 event “DIVE INTO BLUE HOURS” set for July 14! Exploring the future of the “institutional investor era” as the stablecoin framework takes full effect and stablecoins become financial products.
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The regulatory framework for stablecoins (including the revised Payment Services Act) will take full effect in June 2026
Since 2015, DFG has supported more than 160 companies and protocols worldwide.
Managing more than $1 billion in digital assets
Companies mentioned：Gate Japan株式会社、Digital Finance Group (DFG)、Fenbushi Japan、Startale Japan、株式会社ネットスターズ、Fracton Ventures、創・佐藤法律事務所、Taisu Ventures、Perplexity、Circle、Ledger、CoinList、Ethereum、Solana、Polkadot、NEAR
Measures against customer harassment will become mandatory for all companies from October 1, 2026. クオーク partners with エレファンキューブ to offer training materials and an LMS as a package, launching the “Customer Harassment Prevention e-Learning Package”
Stop by empty-handed during the scorching summer. 中之条ガーデンズ launches a summer-only trial allowing visitors to use its shop and dining hall without paying an admission fee
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Original2026年7月1日（水）から9月25日（金）までの期間
Regular admission: (reference) ¥1,000–¥1,600 for adults in summer
“2026 Childbirth and Child-Rearing Flow Sheet,” showing at a glance the programs and procedures available for childbirth and child-rearing along a child’s growth timeline, goes on sale July 9
Turning data science achievements into sustainable value creation for businesses and others: university recognizes data science faculty-founded Good Process株式会社 as a university startup
A “workforce strategy that does not rely solely on hiring” is spreading nationwide | 神奈川県 promotes the use of “on-demand support personnel” among companies in the prefecture
Gen Z confronts “social media fatigue and lookism.” Calls for moving beyond defensive makeup. A collaborative initiative with businesses to address challenges facing young people and society, starting with makeup
Awards include the Grand Prix and runner-up award, as well as 10 categories and awards such as the Branding Award and Motorsport Contribution Award, for a total of 20 companies
Products eligible for “Amazon Prime Day,” held on Amazon, announced. Must-have items for this summer, including bottle holders and ice packs, will be available at special prices at the Atlas Online Shop
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Sale price: ¥1,422 (tax included), 11% off
Sale price: ¥1,512 (tax included), 10% off
Sale price: ¥1,348 (tax included), 10% off
Retail price: ¥1,438–¥1,798 (tax included), 10% off
Retail price: ¥1,618–¥2,068 (tax included), 10% off
Retail price: ¥1,242–¥1,782 (tax included), 10% off
Retail price: ¥3,582–¥4,482 (tax included), 10% off
Companies mentioned：Amazon、株式会社アトラス、Bottle in Bottle、SLOOP、Activa EASE、SPARX、WENS PRODUCTS
Temperature-control equipment manufacturer チノー adopts “RITTAI MANUAL.” Visualizes equipment structure, components, and points to check during operation using 3D GS
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One reason we chose it was that support for 3D Gaussian Splatting makes it possible to inspect equipment with an appearance close to the real thing.
Limited model in the 2026 athlete color, “Royal Blue,” embodying trust and strength. コラントッテSPORTS series LIMITED2026 on sale in limited quantities starting Thursday, July 16
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Price: ¥30,800, tax included
Price: ¥4,950, tax included
3 magnets on each side and 8 magnets at the back of the neck
AR “Nana-chan” also appears! Animal height comparison on the construction hoarding in front of 東山動植物園. Media preview event information for Wednesday, July 15