HobbyLink Japan to hold “Summer Festival 2026,” featuring a photo contest with a chance to win coupons for up to 50% off, ¥1,000-off coupons and limited-edition postcards
Ecomark practical seminars: 2 sessions in August, on the Act on Promoting Green Purchasing and “Obtaining Ecomark Certification for the First Time” (online, free to attend)
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Date and time: Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, 16:00–16:30
Date and time: Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, 11:00–11:30
Your child becomes a little hotelier! A first “hospitality” experience to give your family: the “Kids Hotelier Experience Stay Plan” is now on sale and proving popular
“A 3-year program to nurture ‘entrepreneurial candidates’ from within the company”: 株式会社健生 launches an intrapreneur program with employees selected from its directly operated stores
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3-year development program
Membership organization of approximately 1,000 people
[奈良市] Foreign visitors and overnight visitors reach record highs! Report on the 2025 Nara City tourism visitor survey [Mayor’s press conference] (announced July 29, Reiwa 8)
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The number of tourists who visited 奈良市 in 2025 was 16.082 million
A substantial increase of 8.2% from the previous year
The number of overnight visitors set a new record since the current statistical method was introduced in 2009, surpassing 2.2 million for the first time
The overnight stay rate was also 13.9%
The number of foreign visitors was 3.517 million
The number of foreign overnight visitors was 569,000
United States (up 185.8% from 2019)
South Korea (up 145.9% over the same period)
The economic ripple effect from tourism spending was ¥155.6 billion
An increase of ¥23.6 billion (17.9%) from the previous year (¥132 billion)
[2026 Customer Success Japan Market Trends & Survey (8)] “Company-wide centralized management” has the highest perceived effectiveness rate: Move from a small-scale start to company-wide deployment without waiting for a perfect setup
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Perceived effectiveness rate when using a company-wide common system (centralized management)
全農 develops “summer meal recipes” for dining tables in an era of extreme heat, sharing “chilled rice meals” and “summer vacation lunches kids can easily make while home alone”
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More than 70% (73.8%) find preparing meals in summer burdensome
The figure is about 90% (89.1%) among households with children up to high school age
In addition to those who answered that they sometimes eat cold rice without reheating it
About 60% (59.3%) also said they would likely eat rice more often if there were rice recipes for summer
Three promising players set to lead the next generation will join Rui Hachimura’s BLACK SAMURAI SUMMIT 2026: Nagi Sato, Yosef Hasan Thompson and Rikuto Isoda
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Next-generation invited players (16 expected in total)
MVP slot (1 person)
14th in the world
Companies mentioned：セント・トーマスモア・スクール、白鷗大学、横浜ビー・コルセアーズ、Daiichi Life Group、¥ellow Bucks、IG ARENA
Selection for the Cabinet Office’s “Reiwa 7 Public-Private Partnership Regional Financial Capacity Promotion Project”
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On June 24, 2026, it was the only organization nationwide selected for the Cabinet Office’s “Reiwa 7 Public-Private Partnership Regional Financial Capacity Promotion Project, Type B (collaborative model implementation) ※1.”
In 2030, the recruitment industry will enter the era of “personal nominations.” JOB PALETTE representative forecasts the future of the recruitment industry
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JOB PALETTE is already implementing 3 original initiatives in preparation for this healthy era of personal nominations
What 6 years of support, player partnerships and research have revealed: “The current state and future of child poverty and inequality in soccer”—first dialogue event to be held on August 21.
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45 prefectures nationwide
Approximately 2,600 or more people
It has increased 4 times.
All 6 sessions will be held this year
Participation fee: ¥2,000
Capacity: First 50 people to register
Companies mentioned：認定NPO法人love.futbol Japan、ジュビロ磐田、ReFrame、浜松こども基金、セーブ・ザ・チルドレン・ジャパン、グロービス経営大学院、1% FOOTBALL CLUB
[Free seminar on 8/5 (Wed)] Seminar featuring an on-site report from SMX Advanced 2026, one of the largest search marketing conferences in the United States
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Managed operating budgets of up to ¥360 million per month
Hamada Hospital expands online appointments: 24-hour booking now available for pediatrics and infertility care via smartphone, PC or dedicated app. Convenient booking options to suit different lifestyles improve convenience and reduce wait times
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Appointments can now be booked smoothly anytime, 24 hours a day
Inspire High surpasses 100,000 middle and high school student users. “Inquiry-based learning connected to the world” is spreading in schools across 33 prefectures nationwide.
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The number of middle and high school student users nationwide has surpassed 100,000
[Survey of 1,000 owners of single-building rental properties in Tokyo and three prefectures: The realities of rental property management] 56.7% of owners raised rents; the figure exceeded 70% in Tokyo’s 5 central wards
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The figure exceeded 70% in Tokyo’s 5 central wards
64.6% of owners feel rental demand is stable
91.3% of owners interested in fixed-term lease agreements are positive about adopting them
The most common reason owners cannot raise rents is “ordinary lease agreements” (35.8
Cool off with a night walk this hot summer! Take cool action! The Attack on Titan TV anime × Nijigen no Mori collaboration event, “Attack on Titan THE NIGHT WALK -To the Other Side of the Wall-”
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“This will plug the hole in Wall Maria” Hardened Eren shaved ice / 1,200 yen (tax included)
“You’ve come this far and now you’re keeping quiet?!” Annie shaved ice, made as a super-hard crystal / 1,200 yen (tax included)
“Attack on Titan THE NIGHT WALK -Beyond the Walls-” admission ticket: adults (ages 12 and up) ¥3,600–¥4,000
“Attack on Titan Stamp Rally in Nijigen no Mori” experience ticket: 800 yen
Companies mentioned：株式会社ニジゲンノモリ、講談社、「進撃の巨人」The Final Season製作委員会
The appeal of dinosaurs and fossils lies in their “many mysteries” and the “romance of their existence and discovery.” Museums and dinosaur exhibitions, TV programs, illustrated reference books, books and manga sparked people’s interest
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Approximately 30% said they were “interested (very interested + interested)”
“Many mysteries remain” and “I feel a sense of romance in their existence and discovery” tied for the top spot at 41.3%
Among people in their 60s, 59.5% said they “feel the history of Earth that connects to the present,” an exceptionally high figure
Around October 2026: customer-participation tasting and judging event
Late March 2027: Preview sale of new products (POP UP event)
Companies mentioned：阪急阪神百貨店、岡山県真庭市、株式会社シュクレイ、ザ・メープルマニア、東京ミルクチーズ工場、築地ちとせ、コートクール、オリエンタルショコラ by コートクール、バターバトラー、ザ・マスター by バターバトラー、GENDY、ミルフィユメゾン フランセ、フランセ、レモンショップ by フランセ、イチゴショップ by フランセ、キャラメルゴーストハウス、ザ・テイラー、ネコシェフ、ココリス、ドレ、フィオラッテ、ドローリー、ザ・ドロス、バニ、ウーフィ、ソルトラ、バニスタ、シュシュ、ミリ ミリ
Approximately 60% of people who have sold real estate have worried that they may have “sold it too cheaply.” The keys to a sale price they can accept are “trust in the agent” and “independent market research”
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52.0% said they “knew specifically” the difference between the appraised value and the sale price
58.0% said they were “satisfied” with the agent’s explanation of the price
59.5% of people who have sold property have worried that they may have “sold it too cheaply”
36.7% said the reason they felt satisfied with the sale price was “because they could trust the agent”
境町, Ibaraki Prefecture, begins accepting donations on behalf of the affected area through hometown tax donations following the July Reiwa 8 Kumamoto earthquake
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Severe damage totaling approximately 2 billion yen
An autumn night afternoon tea enjoyed with a night view from 150 m above ground. Shine muscat grapes and melon × red snow crab and authentic matsutake pasta × 30 kinds of free-flow drinks for a luxurious grown-up escape
No. 01: Share a special experience with someone important at a matchmaking power spot floating in “Japan’s Aegean Sea, Ushimado” [岡山県瀬戸内市 hometown tax donation]
[To be held Nov. 3 (Tuesday, public holiday)] The autumn castle town is transformed into an Edo-period scene! Recruiting 55 general cast members for the 14th Castle Town Iwatsuki Falconry Procession!
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General admission (high school students and older): 6,000 yen
Elementary school students in grades 4 through junior high school students: 4,000 yen
To be held in Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2026 (Tuesday, public holiday)
Sept. 28 (Monday): AndTech plans to hold an online Zoom seminar on “Fundamentals of Polymer Actuators, Materials, Design and Control Technologies, Applications to Robots and Devices, and Future Outlook”
The YouTube program “Tokyo Off-the-Record Headline,” which gets to the truth through “off-the-record stories” you cannot hear on TV, surpassed 68,000 channel subscribers about 2 months after launch.
SBIホールディングス plans to acquire our issued common shares through market purchases, via the company or its subsidiaries, up to a number of shares equivalent to 1.00% of our total issued shares as of the end of June 2026.
Operates approximately 1,100 locations in Japan and overseas, including amusement facilities such as “GiGO,” karaoke chain “Karaoke BanBan,” and photo studio “Studio Caratt”
Operates approximately 13,000 mini-locations (game corners mainly equipped with 30 or fewer arcade machines).
A customer base of more than 82 million in Japan and overseas
[Iidabashi, Aug. 25 (Tuesday)] StartupList Pitch No. 123, where every participating entrepreneur can receive mentoring from 10 or more investors
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The event has been held more than 100 times in total
More than 500 startups have taken the stage to date
Capital: ¥89,098,750
Companies mentioned：プロトスター株式会社、StartupList、JP STARTUPS、起業LOG、経済産業省、東京都、独立行政法人中小企業基盤整備機構、つくばスタートアップ・エコシステム・コンソーシアム、Diagonal Run Tokyo、一般社団法人日本ベンチャーキャピタル協会