Taste seasonal grapes, including Shine Muscat: DEK, a restaurant run by a long-established fruit and vegetable wholesaler, hosts a Japanese Grape Afternoon Tea (9/2–30)
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Japanese Grape Afternoon Tea ¥7,000 (tax included)
Japanese Grape Afternoon Tea with champagne or craft gin ¥8,500 (tax included)
The FACE POiNTERⓇ wins the grand prize in the sundries category of Nikkei Trendy's First-Half Hit Awards! A hugely popular beauty tool that recreates professional techniques and innovates to tackle the root causes of sagging
Global skincare brand SKIN1004 launches its Centella TECA line for intensive moisturizing care for dryness-induced skin fluctuations, with an offline-first release starting Friday, August 28!
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Early release: Starting Friday, August 28, 2026, with a phased launch
General release: Starting in late September 2026, with a phased launch
Sanofi holds a special summer vacation class for students interested in the healthcare industry, exploring the future of medicine through language and cultural barriers
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As of the end of 2025, the number of foreign residents in Japan stood at 4,125,395, up 9.5% from the end of the previous year and exceeding 4 million for the first time.
Special sponsorship of the professional baseball draft conference confirmed for the 14th consecutive year — Professional Baseball Draft Conference supported by Lipovitan D
The “SpoGOMI Koshien 2026 広島県 Tournament” was held. The 広島大学附属高校 team “拾王無塵” prevailed in a fierce contest! A total of 90 participants collected 78 kg of trash on the day!
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An impressive total of 14.97 kg of trash was collected
A working paper titled “Adjusting PBR for the Cost of Capital: Advancing Management That Takes the Cost of Capital and Share Prices into Account,” by Professor Nobuyuki Sunagawa of 京都大学経営管理大学院 and Layers Consulting, has been released
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The average cost of equity before adjustment was 6.91%
A new idea: cook an entire “Hokkaido Tokachi camembert cheese” into rice. More than 15 varieties of seasoned rice dishes featuring cheese and seasonal ingredients are now available
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Semi-dried tomatoes 1,500 yen
Salmon 1,500 yen
Corn 1,500 yen
Seasoned rice mix: sweetfish rice 1,500 yen
Seasoned rice mix: crab rice 2,000 yen
Seasoned rice mix: scallop rice 2,000 yen
Seasoned rice mix: Tanba shimeji mushroom rice 1,400 yen
Seasoned rice mix: chestnut rice 1,620 yen
Seasoned rice mix: sweet potato rice 1,500 yen
Seasoned rice mix: Miyagi salmon butter rice 1,500 yen
Seasoned rice mix: Setouchi pork and mushroom rice 1,300 yen
Stripe announces “Stripe Tour Tokyo 2026,” an annual conference offering a firsthand look at the forefront of payments and financial technology in the AI era!
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In 2025, Stripe processed more than $1.9 trillion in payments annually, equivalent to 1.6% of global GDP.
Marking 10 years in Japan, Stripe co-founder John Collison to visit Japan
Leveraging its expertise working on more than 100 IP titles annually, Aquastar is launching its “IP Tie-up Promotion Service” in earnest, providing end-to-end support from IP selection and rights negotiations to planning, production and campaign execution
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Japan’s domestic content industry market was worth 13.3 trillion yen in 2023
【Survey of 111 listed companies on preparations for the mandatory adoption of the new lease accounting standard in 1 year】Just 25.2% have completed preparations, while more than 60% remain “implementing or testing systems”
Hear firsthand accounts from people who have sold or bought a company. The third installment of “M&A Real Talk Night,” a private networking event for M&A veterans and prospective participants, will be held on September 17 (Thu.) at 参謀BAR新宿
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Participation fee: 6,000 yen (all-you-can-drink beverages and food included)
[Co-op Deli] Supporting sustainable apple production in collaboration with Aomori Prefecture’s JAつがる弘前: last year’s highly popular “Apple Grower Support”
“Go beyond staying overnight and help move the town.” Super Hotel and 教育テック大学院大学 will hold their first 5-day regional revitalization internship in Akabane, Kita City, Tokyo!
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Operates 182 hotels in Japan and overseas
5 days, from August 31, 2026 (Mon.) to September 4 (Fri.)
Japan’s first office building demonstration of “Loki,” a physical AI cleaning robot, begins—日鉄興和不動産 and JDSC join forces to realize next-generation smart building operations
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The first phase of this demonstration began in August 2026.
[SAMANSA] Announcing the lineup of new short films for the 3rd week of August! Releasing 4 films, from a wildly outrageous work that had SAMANSA staff in stitches to an Academy Award-nominated film that captivated theater audiences
[Survey on living environments and moving] 1 in 3 people want to move, but 40% give up due to rising prices; “sentimental belongings” are the enemy of decluttering
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1 in 3 people (36.0%) say they want to move
It was found that 44.0% have been directly affected.
“Rising prices and real estate costs make it difficult to stay within budget (23.4%)”
“Moving costs (initial expenses, etc.) are too high (22.4%)”
“There isn’t enough storage space, and belongings are overflowing in the rooms (23.4%)”
“Hobby equipment and sentimental belongings (golf bags, camping gear, photo albums, etc.)” account for 44.8%
“Family members’ belongings (items that cannot be discarded or organized based on one’s own wishes alone)” account for 38.2%
“Seasonal appliances (fans, heaters, etc.) and seasonal clothing—items used only at certain times of year but always needed” account for 37.2%
“I want to make the living space, such as the living room, more spacious so the family can relax together (50.6%)”
“A space where I can immerse myself in my hobbies, or a new
Seminar: “Why isn’t LTV growing while advertising costs keep rising? Designing customer experiences that connect the journey from acquisition through post-purchase”
“Boat racing experience-based VR attraction” arrives in Okinawa for the first time! BOAT RACE VRスプラッシュバトルトラック will “hit the road” at 3 venues in the prefecture, including the 第71回沖縄全島エイサーまつり
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There are currently 14 active boat racers from Okinawa Prefecture
10 of them are young racers (racers under 30 years old)
Approximately 1,600 boat racers.
It will “hit the road” for a total of 6 days at 3 venues in the prefecture
<A new initiative to enjoy seasonal cabbage deliciously and without waste> Reducing cabbage food waste through cabbage supply-and-demand forecasts using satellite data and “Cook Do®” menu suggestions for twice-cooked pork with cabbage in stores and advertisements
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480,000 tons*1 of food waste are generated annually
About 50 retail stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kansai
[No losing tickets!] A simultaneous campaign on izakaya “Yotteba” official Instagram and X! Starting August 27, win an invitation to a course with all-you-can-drink beverages for 100 pairs, 200 people in total
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100 pairs, 200 people in total, will win a “free invitation to a course with all-you-can-drink beverages”
A “free coupon for 3 chicken wings” will be given away
August 27, 2026 to September 9, 2026
40 locations in Japan
Operates 1 location in Makati, Philippines, overseas
GREE Entertainment to grant Cayenne publishing rights in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau for the smartphone game “Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation - Chronicle of Echoes”!
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Pre-registrations surpass 500,000
Companies mentioned：グリーエンターテインメント株式会社、Cayenne Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd、アソビモ株式会社、MFBOOKS、Mushoku Tensei Ⅲ Production Committee
Emooove, proposing a new era of sales, to hold an online seminar on August 28 (Fri.): “How to build an outbound system that stops new sales meetings from drying up every month”
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Online seminar on August 28, 2026 (Fri.)
Date and time: August 28, 2026 (Fri.), 13:00–14:15
5 companies that moved beyond referral dependence and built a repeatable system for generating sales meetings will take the stage
Even among highly disaster-conscious parents, about 90% of whom said they were prepared, preparations for “electrical fires” had been overlooked
It has been reported that, among fires caused by the ground shaking in the Great East Japan Earthquake, those with electricity as the ignition source accounted for a majority (about 65%)
Only 33.3% of parents (about 1 in 3) knew this fact
Only about half of parents (51.8%) had the basic knowledge that “you need to turn off the circuit breaker when evacuating after a power outage”
The installation rate for earthquake-sensitive circuit breakers was only 19.4%
This applied to 56.3% of parents and 37.5% of children
More than half of parents said they “do not clean dust from plugs that have been left plugged in for a long time (52.3%)”
Among children, dangerous behaviors such as “pulling out cords by holding the cord (25.8%)” and “not cleaning dust (24.2%)” stood out
[Survey on views of occupation and income in marriage hunting] 73.2% of women seeking marriage place importance on a prospective spouse’s occupation | Those who favor dual-income households tend to be less particular about income requirements; views on “stability” are also changing
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41.7% of men
“Public servant” ranked first at 35.6%
“Company employee (27.5%)”
“Doctor (20.1%)”
About 1 in 4 (26.8%) said they “are not particular about conditions, or would consider someone earning in the ¥3 million range”
Original約4割（38.1％）が年収条件を「こだわらない・300万円台から」
Women place the greatest importance on “financial stability” as a quality they seek in an ideal occupation (49.7%)
Two new models have been added to the classic “Tetra” series by German watch brand NOMOS GLASHÜTTE /ノモス グラスヒュッテ. Updated with a see-through case back, a must-see for NOMOS fans!
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Price: ¥418,000 (tax included)
Price: ¥369,600 (tax included)
Power reserve: 53 hours
Water resistance: 5ATM
Case size: 27.5mm
Lug width: 18mm
Has won more than 170 design awards to date
More than 95% of parts production and assembly take place at the company’s own workshop in Glashütte
A spectacular visual guide to the history of design from the 19th century to the present! The newly revamped “The Complete History of Design: Illustrated Edition” goes on sale July 29.
Pigeon enters the field of balancing employees’ childcare and work to support companies’ human capital management; “Parenting Engagement Cards” go on sale Monday, August 24
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Created from the voices of 139 of our employees who are raising children
264 words shared by 139 of our employees as they navigate parenting
Trick Or OREO! Give me an Oreo or I'll prank you! “オレオ Halloween Pack Vanilla Cream 24 Cookies” to go on sale for a limited time starting Aug. 24, 2026 (Monday)！
Cosmetics brand GENTY（ジェンティー）, produced by なごみプロデュース, launches a new serum BB cream that creates a naturally beautiful-looking complexion with a subtle glow and soft texture
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More than 4.7 million total followers across social media
Nationwide rollout to begin on Sept. 2 (Wednesday)
[日本経済大学] University students take part in the “Bari Challenge University (BCU)” program, headed by former Japan national soccer team coach Takeshi Okada
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The program has produced more than 340 young leaders to date
The share of single-person households is 34–36%, around the national level
Desired ownership rate: 40%
Foreign workers account for 72.5% of the shipbuilding workforce
ホクレンくみあい飼料株式会社 eliminates delays in approval of internal proposals and significantly reduces workload by implementing the “X-point Cloud” workflow system
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Approximately 57,000 applications submitted over about 6 years
Promoting paperless operations, starting with frequently used documents; now used by 15 departments
Used by more than 120 employees
Approvals that previously took about 3 days are now completed in 1 day
More than 5,000 companies and public institutions cumulatively across the series
Speaking as an advanced AX company in the human resources industry at the “Advanced Case Study Company Visit Seminar 2026,” hosted by Geeks and Funai Soken Human Capital Consulting
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Currently connected to a network of more than 24,000 freelance IT professionals
Does touting “less overtime” backfire? Finance and accounting professionals seek a “challenging environment,” not rest—Randstad survey reveals a gap with market trends
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Ranks 3rd among 16 industries, a notably high level.
In Japan, office and professional workers (49.7%, ranking 2nd) prioritize WLB※¹
The figure for finance and accounting professionals in Japan is 39.0%
After salary (54.2%), the next most valued factor is
“Rewarding work (47.5%)”
“Career advancement opportunities (33.9%)”
The Japanese average (22.0%)
is exceeded by as much as 11.9 points.
4,464 students, employed people, and unemployed people in Japan aged 18 to 65
(Including 59 finance and accounting professionals)
ジャンカラ is now accepting sponsorship applications for school festivals! Offering schools and organizations coupons for “30% off room rates” redeemable at all locations
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Operates 211 locations nationwide
More than 200 locations nationwide
More than 300 locations across 10 business formats
The winner of the grand prize has been selected in a writing audition held on note for approximately 6,000 吉本興業-affiliated talents! The winning work will be published as a book and adapted for the screen
When buying food and beverages, 71.6% say “reviews they saw beforehand influence their decisions.” Hotto Link surveys 1,006 people in Japan on the impact of reviews on purchasing
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71.6% say reviews seen beforehand “influence” their in-store purchasing decisions
63.0% say they have purchased food or beverages based on reviews
“Snacks and sweets” top food and beverages purchased based on reviews, at 79.5%
When buying food and beverages, “reviews from people they know” are the most referenced information, at 56.5%
“ONE PIECE PIRATES CRISIS (One Piece Pirates Crisis)” launches at Tondemi Heiwajima on Friday, Oct. 9!
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ONE PIECE PIRATES CRISIS experience ticket: 2,000 yen
Tondemi admission with an ONE PIECE PIRATES CRISIS experience ticket. This great-value set lets you enjoy 120 minutes of unlimited access to Tondemi’s wide range of activities, as well as ONE PIECE PIRATES CRISIS. From 4,100 yen per person
Domino’s moon-viewing menu goes all-in on guilty indulgence. “Decadent Moon Viewing” launches Monday, Aug. 31! A new idea: dip it in the moon!? “Moon-Viewing Cheese Sauce” and stack the moon!? “Almost 1-Pound Moon-Viewing Egg Tart” debut
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Available for a limited time from Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, through Wednesday, Sept. 30
A “disaster-preparedness backpack set” that turns everyday life into preparedness goes on sale in limited quantities on Aug. 26 through the support-purchase service Makuake
“Overseas Business ‘Practical’ MBA: Organizing Customer Requests and Requirements” — New e-learning course | Translating customer feedback into “conditions for development decisions” (INSIGHT ACADEMY)
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6 courses in total
280 courses in total
95 million yen
Companies mentioned：インサイトアカデミー株式会社、INSIGHT ACADEMY
A Hitachi employee named an inaugural Agentic AI Foundation ambassador and to deliver a keynote at AGNTCon + MCPCon Japan 2026, being held in Japan for the first time
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More than 1,000 applications were received globally
138 people were selected as inaugural AAIF ambassadors
Participation fee (tax included): \60,000
Companies mentioned：株式会社日立製作所、Agentic AI Foundation、Linux Foundation、CNCF、Keycloak
[Crowdfunding launch confirmed!] New project planned on Spotunity to create a fan-participation event for Club TRIAX調布, bringing the community together through American football and making Chofu a place “created with you”
Season 2 of the TV anime confirmed! The world’s toughest matchmaking battle-action series about an assassin and a marriage scammer, “Marriagetoxin,” Volume 1 on Blu-ray goes on sale August 26