Film 國分怜 starring 船ヶ山哲 and 美燈みなみ. Opens at Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa on 8/14. Trailer airs on チバテレ and TVer on 8/5. Dual theme songs: 船ヶ山哲’s “TABOO” and うさのみゆ&ロボットしずくP’s “Time Leap”
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Originalフォロワーは⼀時 53 万⼈を突破
Original「捨てられた僕と⺟猫と奇跡」は、14 万部のベストセラー
Opens at Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa on Friday, August 14, 2026
A 30-second trailer will air on チバテレ on August 5 (25:30–26:00) and on TVer from the following day
[Mita Seimenjo] This year, “boiled dumplings” and “curry rice” join the lineup as new spicy dishes! Enjoy the hot summer with the popular “Shakunetsu Tsukemen,” too!
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This year marks the 15th year since its release
As of June 2026, the company operates 51 stores nationwide
Changing food production sites where “you can’t see who made it.” A koji starter manufacturer becomes the first food manufacturer to join Factory Pride Association
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About 600 years since its founding
A track record of doing business with about 3,000 miso, soy sauce, sake, shochu and other brewing companies
Products shipped to more than 45 countries worldwide
Companies mentioned:株式会社ビオック、Factory Pride Association、糀屋三左衛門
“Sauna Pilgrimage” visiting 6 saunas in the Ehime-Matsuyama area, with a special “Osettai” event inspired by the culture of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Ion Water to be distributed free to participants
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More than 730 people have registered
A total of 990 digital goshuin stamps have been issued
26 people completed the “full pilgrimage,” visiting all 6 facilities
[The common sense of the mahjong world is changing!] Mahjong education facility MAZEL, exempt from the Entertainment Business Act, launches a summer-only plan! With one-on-one instruction from professionals, it fully supports minors, students, and beginners in taking up mahjong this summer and developing decision-making skills for life!
Long-established match manufacturer 日東社, with an 80% domestic market share, begins growing pesticide-free vegetables indoors at its factory. Aims to enter the agriculture business by leveraging its expertise in precision quality control
[AI Investment Survey] Around 70% are positive about using subsidies, but most are hesitant? Examining the “double barriers” facing small and midsize businesses
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More than 60% are concerned about implementation costs
The subsidy-use hurdle: More than 30% “don’t know which programs their company can use”
300 small- and midsize-business owners and executives nationwide
AI analyzes participant behavior that instructors can’t fully observe | “部課長ゲーム,” adopted by around 150 companies, launches individual feedback for each participant
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Participant satisfaction: 4.84 (out of 5)
AI feedback feature: ¥10,000 added to the online version’s price, excluding tax
Instructor dispatch (in person): from ¥150,000, excluding tax (for up to 30 people and 1.5 hours)
Kit rental (in-house instructor format, in person): from ¥50,000, excluding tax (for up to 20 people)
The fixed idea that “pregnancy is supposed to be happy” becomes a source of pressure. More than half of pregnant women feel guilty about emotions such as anxiety and irritability.
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Have felt guilty about having negative emotions
Anxiety about postpartum depression
Have experienced “keeping anxiety and loneliness to themselves, unable to tell anyone”
Pregnant women who feel lonely during pregnancy
On mental health, “it’s hard to talk about my feelings” with doctors and midwives
Feel they can “discuss everything” about their mental health
Partner is the person they turn to about their worries
[First in the industry※] Launch of a high-flow manifold piping system supporting up to 800L/min; cuts installation space by 75% and construction time by 180 minutes [July 31 (Friday)]
“Lets air through. Keeps flames out.” 日本住環境 launches new ventilation material “SEV-21FD,” certified for 60-minute quasi-fireproof construction for homes without eaves, on August 3
[New release] Scams, embezzlement, ¥200 million in debt and only ¥300,000 in hand: a comeback in half a year from despair! 株式会社まる優 representative Yujiro Takarabe publishes [人生の裏技を見つけた照灯の原理], on mastering life through adversity quotient (AQ)
Following “カチメン!キャリア,” a recruitment service for new graduates and second-career professionals, CAC identity launches “カチメン!キャリア Advance,” a new brand for a broader range of job seekers
Nintendo Switch™, Steam® “Staffer Retro: 超能力推理クエスト” launches today (7/23). A final trailer is also released, showcasing the appeal of solving mysteries to overturn a predetermined ending.
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Around 82 million won raised on South Korean crowdfunding platform “Tumblbug”
Around ¥8.7 million raised on Japanese crowdfunding platform “CAMPFIRE”
Total support across Japan and South Korea: around ¥17 million
Download version: 3,500 yen (including tax)
First production run of physical edition: 4,700 yen (including tax)
【Now available ▶︎ Cut GCP costs by up to 20%】“CloudCut” launches Google Cloud support following AWS—save up to 20% on GCP fees by switching the contracting point of contact
【Oshman's】A new essential for dealing with “extreme heat days”: the era of incorporating heat-protection gear into everyday fashion. Serious heatwave protection items proposed by a former gear shop
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Price: ¥32,780 (tax included)
Price: ¥21,780 (tax included)
Price: ¥7,260 (tax included)
Price: 11,550 yen (tax included)
Price: 7,480 yen (tax included)
Price: 9,900 yen (including tax)
Price: 4,400 yen (tax included)
“Extremely hot days” with maximum temperatures of 35°C or higher
Cooling performance of up to -14°C compared with the outside temperature
board(ボード), a sales management cloud service for creating estimates and invoices for small and midsize businesses, launches an API integration with マネーフォワード クラウド会計
【Yokohama Chinatown】A new spot drawing attention from Gen Z and cosmetics fans! “꾸미꾸미クミクミ,” an experiential K-beauty store featuring brands arriving in Japan for the first time, opens on July 31, 2026!
The “SZ Seismic-Resistant Louver Ceiling System typeG,” which combines design and earthquake resistance, wins the Grand Prize at the Excellent Products and Technologies Awards at Building and Construction Materials Expo Osaka 2026 (経済産業省製造産業局 Director-General’s Award)
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A new product launched on May 29, 2026
May 29 press release: Launch of the “SZ Seismic-Resistant Louver Ceiling System typeG”
April 10 press release: Participates in a full-scale shaking test at 防災科研’s E-Defense
StandLM, an AI that automatically creates nursing and caregiving records from conversations during care, to present at the 2nd Practice Report Meeting of the AI Subcommittee of 日本介護経営学会
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To be held by 日本介護経営学会’s AI Subcommittee on Saturday, August 1, 2026
Monicle Research, operator of the media outlet LIMO with 19 million monthly UU, launches LIMO&ファイナンス, a financial and economic news site featuring experts and practitioners
AI answers calls in foreign languages and records them in Japanese. AI call center ContactX supports real-time transcription and translation in more than 50 languages, including English, Chinese and Korean
59.0% say they would use official AI consultation services from electronics retailers; the figure is 68.2% among those who considered buying from a retailer but purchased through another channel
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59.0% say they would use official AI consultation services from electronics retailers
68.2% among those who considered buying from a retailer but later opted out
29.5% used AI before buying home appliances
The figure rises to 54.0% when potential users are included
83.8% considered an electronics retailer as a place to buy
44.2% ultimately purchased at an electronics retailer’s store or official online shop
Thai wellness-inspired fragrance brand PAÑPURI(パンピューリ) to grand-open its first street-level flagship store in Japan, PAÑPURI Aoyama, on Friday, August 28, 2026
YOMEL, an AI meeting minutes tool, wins the top “Leader” award in the AI automatic meeting minutes creation tools category at the ITreview Grid Award 2026 Summer
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Approximately 157,000 reviews
More than 2,000 companies have adopted the service
[Get ready for the height of summer] New model of Fuwacool®, the series’ most heat-shielding parasol and a hit in department store presales, goes on sale through the official online shop starting July 16
[Emergency Report] Will the “double high-pressure system” in summer 2026 destroy car bodies? An in-depth look at the damage to cars caused by surface temperatures exceeding 70 degrees!
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Car body surface temperatures can reach 70 degrees or higher
On extremely hot days when temperatures exceed 40 degrees
The second KUNの50人クラフト × ミタクルブロック collaboration's pop-up shop in Ikebukuro closed successfully. Orders, including for past reissues, are being accepted through August 31!
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Raised a total of 120 million yen
Orders are being accepted through Monday, August 31, 2026
Video-based coaching intentions conveyed more accurately! Video analysis app FL-UX launches “Tracking Sketch,” a new feature that automatically tracks players’ movements with sketches
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15 teams using FL-UX are scheduled to compete in soccer and basketball combined
Secured a share of more than 90% in NPB and 45% in MLB
Holds a 30% share in the Jリーグ
Adopted by more than 400 teams in Japan and overseas
Nippon Direct to offer a “limited-time pop-up” featuring Hatsune Miku at Taiwan’s “2026 25th Comic Exhibition.” A talk show and mini live performance by popular voice actor Nagisa Aoyama will also be held (July 23–27, 2026)
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2026 25th Comic Exhibition
Five days, from Thursday, July 23, 2026, through Monday, July 27
[Exclusive to アムール・デュ・ガトー] A cool dessert! マールブランシュ’s “Rich Matcha Dessert Ice Bar” arrives. Enjoy a luxurious summer experience with rich matcha made using 100% stone-ground Uji matcha.
[Limited quantities on sale Tuesday, July 28] A producer collaboration is underway for the hugely popular colored contact lens brand Suclair(シュクレール)♡ Risa Furusawa and Ayano Masuda have packed their personal preferences into new 1-day lenses, launching in back-to-back first and second installments!
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From July 28, 2026 (Tuesday), the 1DAY colored contact lens brand
“Buy now, of all times!?” A huge sale on winter wear! MITSUI OUTLET PARK’s “Mid-Summer Winter Collection” is here. Get a smart start on winter with summer deals on winter clothing! Plus, a limited-time event to make the summer holiday season even more fun
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Special price: ¥38,500 (tax included)
Special price: ¥27,500 (tax included)
Special price: ¥26,400 (tax included)
Special price: ¥27,720 (tax included)
Special price: ¥43,120 (tax included)
Special price: ¥31,680 (tax included)
A receipt for purchases of ¥500 (tax included; purchases may be combined) at an on-site store on the day of the event qualifies you to participate!
The “Binoculars Summer Sale” is now on at the official Celestron Japan store! Bringing you “scenery unlike your usual view” for summer vacation and the Obon holidays
As summer vacation season arrives and concerns grow about AI dependence and overreliance, muute advocates an “appropriate distance” from AI. Designed as an “AI that doesn’t give away too many answers,” it deepens “self-understanding in the AI era”
AI creation platform PixAI puts up a large visual at the entrance to the 25th Taiwan Comic Exhibition, one of Asia’s largest ACG events; giveaway campaigns for in-person and online participants to be held concurrently
マゼックス partners with エアロネクスト, which has simultaneous remote autonomous flight operation technology, to bring next-generation AI agricultural drones into practical use
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Built a sales and support network of more than 100 companies nationwide
A seasonal treat featuring fresh Shine Muscat grapes. MERCER bis Shibuya’s popular chiffon cake will be available for a limited time starting Saturday, Aug. 1!
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2,500 yen (tax included)
¥5,600 (incl. tax)
Companies mentioned:MERCER OFFICE株式会社、MERCER bis、MERCER bis SHIBUYA
Two new products made with waterproof canvas are being released in stages from the original brand asobito(アソビト)! Introducing the hand-carry “Trunk Container” and the “Cot Sheet” that protects tents and cots.