“What do you look for to decide if someone is a good kid?” Minami Minegishi asks VIBY’s RENKI, “Do you have a secret account or anything?” Chihiro Kondo gives serious advice to the rookie boy group: “Never change how you treat people” — “Himitsu no Mamaen” special edition
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Original全員10代の日本人ボーイズグループ・VIBY
The youngest member is 15
The oldest member is 19
“ABEMA Premium,” 1,180 yen per month (tax included)
“ABEMA Premium with Ads,” 680 yen per month (tax included)
AINOHOT opens an electric mobility experience store in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, and launches a rental service supporting sightseeing and walking around town
Medical big data covering 10 million people × generative AI automatically delivers health information; launch of “Mirawell,” a function-selectable health support API
Announcement of the players selected for the training camp ahead of the “FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers Window 4” for the Japan men’s national basketball team
[aim東京原宿店] A highly anticipated new photo location unveiled! The spectacular “Jogashima Location Photo” is now available. A mode-meets-classic aesthetic showcased in original outfits making their VFW debut
【Chigasaki】\7/27 NEW OPEN/Experience results in 1 session with chiropractic care × Pilates ◎ A new personal Pilates studio exclusively for women opens in Chigasaki!
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As of July 2026, the company operates 100 locations nationwide, including company-owned and franchise locations
Book now for just 1,000 yen as an opening special: trial lessons normally cost 12,000 yen!
AI Data Co. launches “AI孔明 on IDX,” an AI service for matching sales and sales data for 化粧品メーカー — Cross-analyzing customer, purchase and counseling data to support management decisions —
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Capital: 100 million yen (capital reserves: 1.525 billion yen)
Kanamic's care-sector AI cloud service receives the first certification under ASPIC’s “Cloud Service Information Disclosure Certification Program for Generative AI Use”
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Certification number: Generative AI 0001-2607
Certification date: July 31, 2026
Cuts the time required to prepare home nursing forms by approximately 83%
BS10 professional baseball broadcasts: August is a special summer month! “All-Out High School Baseball Support Broadcasts” × “Cheer All-Out with Your Favorite! Summer Festival 5DAYS”
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August 6 (Thu) to August 20 (Thu) will be a special month featuring summer professional baseball broadcasts
Senba handled the design and construction of the foyer in the dedicated theater serving as the activity base for “Cloud ten,” produced by Yasushi Akimoto, as well as construction inside the theater
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Opens inside ダイバーシティ東京 プラザ on Sunday, August 2, 2026
This summer, more direct connections from Okayama—with no transfers—to Hiroshima Station, Kobe Airport and Kansai International Airport. Ryobi Bus extends and resumes 3 express bus routes
Enjoy the evening breeze and views of Mount Fuji at dusk aboard the amphibious bus “Kaba of Lake Yamanaka,” with a “Evening Cool-Down Service” operating exclusively during summer vacation
Light sleep or bothered by light? Blocking out light for comfortable sleep for everyone with sleep concerns: 中山式産業 launches the new “中山式 シャットアイマスク,” which supports deep sleep with a 100.0% light-blocking rate
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Light-blocking rate: 100.0%
The average sleep duration for Japanese people is 7 hours 22 minutes
【Cumulative sales surpass 65,000 copies】A book by entrepreneur Makiko Kawamura, who runs one of Japan’s largest communities with more than 27,000 members: “The Essence of Life and Money: What a Mother in Foreign Finance Wants to Teach Her Child”
【Kyoto Prefecture, 京丹波町】京丹波町 selected as a 2026 “SDGs Future City”; promotes sustainable community development supported by local resources and people connected to the area
【猿田彦珈琲】New “Coffee Spark” series to spark your mood launches! First release: “Coffee Spark Cola” and “Summer Watermelon Jellatte” go on sale starting August 4 (Tue.)
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Price: 620 yen (tax included for in-store purchases)
Price: 580 yen (tax included for in-store purchases)
Construction equipment rental company Santec adopts “Handbook X” — centrally manages more than 200 sales proposals, videos, training materials and other content across 7 locations nationwide
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Market expected to approach approximately 950 billion yen in fiscal 2025 (150% year on year)
【Nagoya Takashimaya】Plenty of new and summer-only gifts to take home; expands preparation of popular lunch boxes that performed well during Golden Week for “Summer Department Store Food Hall Offerings During the Obon Period”
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We will offer them after increasing the quantity prepared by more than 20% from the previous year
Cool summer jelly parfait with Japanese pear and figs: 1,080 yen
White peach: 810 yen
Éclair Tropical: 432 yen
Melon Cream: 378 yen
ゴディバ Summer Collection - Summer in Japan - (9 pieces) 2,700 yen
Maple Fleur: 3,240 yen
Chilled zenzai chocolate: 648 yen
Red bean and butter whipped cream sandwiches (8 pieces): 2,160 yen
Administrative generative AI “QommonsAI” updated to ver. 2.3.5 — strengthens security and further streamlines administrative work for large organizations
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Minimum password length changed to 15 characters
Used by approximately 1,000 local governments and approximately 500,000 people nationwide
Popular fortune-tellers gather in Harajuku! “cocoloni Fortune-Telling House” Harajuku store to hold a “1st Anniversary Celebration” on August 29 and 30! Two special days featuring prizes for everyone in a roulette lottery and more!
A summer of exploring Lake Hamana to the fullest. Cruises departing from the hotel, mini eel rice bowls and summer vacation activity experiences on offer【グランドメルキュール浜名湖リゾート&スパ】
About 62% said they had felt more anxious buying from overseas e-commerce sites than from Japanese online stores. What burdens did they experience with actual “returns and refunds”?
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62.1% said they had felt anxious about purchases from overseas e-commerce sites
61.7% cited concern over whether counterfeit or defective products might arrive as a reason for their anxiety
57.1% said that clearly stating return and refund rules in Japanese would make them more willing to buy
【軽井沢72ゴルフ】Reach your target score on the East Iriyama and Oshitate courses to receive original merchandise made using thinned wood from the course. The “Best Shot Prayer Visit” will be held
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Event period: October 1, 2026 (Thursday)–November 23 (Monday, holiday)
August 1956: Minami-Karuizawa Golf Course (9 holes, part of the East Iriyama Course) opens
July 1971: 軽井沢72ゴルフ opens (part of the current West Gold Course and all 36 holes of the Blue Course)
Number of holes: 6 courses, 108 holes
About 15 minutes (about 10 km) from Usui-Karuizawa Interchange on the Joshin-etsu Expressway under normal conditions
【Tama-Plaza】\NEW OPEN 7/28/Experience results in just 1 session with a combination of chiropractic care and Pilates ◎ A new women-only personal Pilates studio opens in Tama-Plaza!
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As of July 2026, the company operates 100 locations nationwide, including company-owned and franchise locations
Book now for just 1,000 yen as an opening special: trial lessons normally cost 12,000 yen!
Current technical high school students share the appeal of learning manufacturing and digital technologies! Special supporters なすなかにし also show their support: report on “Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School Dream Festa 2026”
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A total of 5,390 people, including elementary and junior high school students and their guardians, attended the venue
A total of 22 Tokyo metropolitan technical high schools gathered on the day
Tickets go on sale via チケットペイ for the “Lottery Culture Performance: Kanji Ishimaru with オーケストラ・アンサンブル金沢 Masterpieces Concert,” to be held Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, at Kisera Hall in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture!
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General admission: 3,000 yen (3,500 yen on the day)
High school students and younger: 1,500 yen (same price on the day)
Tickets go on sale via チケットペイ for paid spectator seating at the Yanagi Festival Fireworks Display, bringing color to summer in Toyooka, on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026!
“silsil Solo Exhibition: Where They Are Now,” depicting the inner landscapes of contemporary women—an exhibition by popular artist silsil, who has ties to Shizuoka!
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Original会期:2026年8月5日(水)→11日(火・祝)
Artist scheduled to be present: 13:00–17:00 each day
Accelerating the development of next-generation AI talent and the creation of innovative technologies—HPC Systems establishes a Tokyo Research Center and launches an “Integrated Technology and AI Knowledge Research Institute” by integrating it with the Kyoto Research Center
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Kyoto Research Center, opened in April 2026
A new “Tokyo Research Center” opened in July 2026
Multiple results have emerged in just 3 months since launch
Capital: 231.51 million yen (as of December 31, 2025)
PerkUP begins integration between TeamPlace.CRM, a facility and membership management system for coworking and incubation spaces, and Akerun入退室管理システム, which uses smart locks
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Smart lock option: 5,000 yen per month (before tax)
[Reiwa 8 Kumamoto Earthquake] CAREECON Plus offered free for 1 year to small and midsize construction companies affected by the disaster or supporting recovery
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The number of contracted companies has exceeded 6,500 (as of the end of April 2026)
[Hiroshima Prefecture’s Sera Town × online school デイトラ] Local government, IT talent and local businesses join forces | “Community Engagement Population Creation Project” launches to tackle the challenge of a 40% population decline by 2050!
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Sera Town has a population of 14,388 (April 2025)
The aging rate is 42.6%
The population is projected to be approximately 8,800 in 2050