[Survey on AI use by sales professionals] Sales organizations are being asked to define what to delegate and what should remain the responsibility of people
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“Clarifying the division of roles between AI and people” (18.0%)
“AI literacy training for sales team members” (17.6%)
“Strengthening interpersonal skills that are difficult for AI to replace” (14.8%)
The top 3 items combined accounted for 50.4%
“The pace of AI development is outstripping information gathering and learning” (21.0%)
“Without the skills to use AI effectively, it becomes harder to earn recognition within the company” (14.6%)
“Preparing for sales negotiations and meetings” (25.0%)
33.9% have introduced AI at the organizational level
59.5% use AI in some form
“Not using it and have no plans to introduce it” (24.6%)
[On sale September 7, Eiji Memorial Day] Recreating Yoshikawa Eiji’s beloved honey bread as rusks: “The Great Writer’s Honey Bread,” a product inspired by the little-known story behind the flagship item of the main store
[nishikawa, marking its 460th anniversary] Corporate website, online shop and subscription service integrated into the “nishikawa Official Website,” launching Wednesday, August 26
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460th anniversary
Fully relaunched as the “nishikawa Official Website” at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2026
“500 points” available immediately upon new membership registration
[Taking on the threat of the number of agricultural workers falling below 1 million] Special menus featuring vegetables from 八ヶ岳農業大学校 to be served simultaneously at company cafeterias across 22 locations in Tokyo on September 10 and 11
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The number of agricultural workers is projected to fall by about 50,000 from 2025 to about 986,600
The average age is 67.7, and people aged 70 or older account for 56.5% of the total
During the week of August 3, Reiwa 8, vegetable prices (national average) remained high at 5%–31% above the average for the past 5 years
Corn in particular has a sugar content exceeding 18 degrees
School refusal, inner conflict, and a comeback—all that ARBOL is in 2026 is packed into its 3rd EP, "Blue Heaven," out Aug. 26. 6 turning-point tracks from Niigata
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6 tracks in total
More than 4.4 million total plays
Aug. 26, 2026
Companies mentioned：ARBOL、株式会社 BUZZ FACTORY、株式会社BUZZ GROUP
For the first time in Japanese KFC history, the original chicken specialty restaurant "Meister's Kitchen" will be open for 3 days only, from Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13. All-you-can-eat chicken prepared by an elite team of original chicken cooking specialists with top-level skills
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Available for 3 days only
From Friday, Sept. 11
Through Sunday, September 13
Original本日8月26日(水)10:00から
Participation fee: 1,000 yen (tax included)
Participation fee: 2,000 yen (including tax)
All-you-can-eat (30-minute limit)
Duration: 45 minutes per session
Duration: 120 minutes per session
Capacity: 22 people per session (18 sessions, 396 people total)
Capacity: 10 people per session (2 sessions, 20 people total)
12th year of collaboration! "Romancing Saga 2026" opens on Monday, Oct. 12 (public holiday)! With Saga's authentic "craftsmanship" as its theme, a diverse range of projects will be rolled out from across the prefecture to the rest of Japan!
[Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture] Moving beyond reliance on outsourcing and turning young talent into professionals. TGC株式会社 takes on "fully in-house operations" and organizational reform
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A total of 693 companies have obtained this certification.
A rigorous review criteria covering no fewer than 70 items
Looks, tastes, and feels just like the real thing! "Poppin' Cookin' Fun Bakery," which lets you make 4 kinds of bread, including melon bread and chocolate cornet, goes on sale Sept. 7, 2026!
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4 kinds of bread, including melon bread and chocolate cornet
A taste just for autumn that comforts and satisfies body and soul: 7 autumn menu items, including "Chestnut Rice" and "Mushroom Gojiru," go on sale Sept. 1 at 日本橋だし場 はなれ
[Admissions results] 2 ルークス志塾 students admitted to 慶應SFC's "Spring 2026 AO" program, turning personal experience into research proposals with social impact
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2 students at our preparatory school were admitted to the Faculty of Policy Management
"Spring 2026 AO Admissions"
Applications were accepted from May 11 to June 3, 2026
The final successful applicants were announced on July 22
Legaltech Inc. launches "Cross-Functional Workflow for Organizing Prototype, Formulation, and Evaluation Results" for food and beverage manufacturers [IPGenius]
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Capital: 493 million yen (including capital reserve)
[illuN × Qoo10 Mega Discount] Beauty brand 〈illuN（イリュン）〉, directed by Nozomi Tsuji, makes its first appearance in Qoo10's "Mega Discount," with new products launching at the same time!
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Maximum discount: 30% OFF
Price: 3,025 yen (including tax)
Contents: 200 ml
Regular price: ¥6,050 (including tax)
With the time-sale & Mega Discount coupon: ¥4,235 (including tax)
G・U・M's highest-performance*¹ toothpaste yet, "Total Care," is here. New commercial about "comprehensive care for the 5 major oral concerns" to air nationwide starting Sept. 12
92-year-old active individual investor Ryoji reveals for the first time the investment strategy that grew his initial 3.5 million yen to 100 million yen! "From Age 60 to 100 Million Yen with a Stock Notebook" goes on sale Aug. 26
Edible costumes⁉ From fangs and glowing lollipops to "zombie vomit" flavor! A slightly spooky, playful candy collection in 12 varieties. PAPABUBBLE's colorful Halloween series goes on sale sequentially from Sept. 3
“I’m so glad I did this!” for my beloved dog: The latest issue of Shi-Ba【シーバ】, featuring lifestyle tips praised by owners, Vol.141, goes on sale Friday, August 28
Wake up, Japan! The country can be saved by old-fashioned diligence and the virtues of a good wife and wise mother — 『家族の党 このままでは日本沈没！』 now on sale at bookstores nationwide
Akiu Onsen × 仙台泉プレミアム・アウトレット & 泉パークタウン タピオ launch a campaign exclusively for Akiu Onsen guests — raffle offering shopping vouchers and Akiu Onsen accommodation vouchers worth a total of 280,000 yen
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Raffle with prizes worth a total of 280,000 yen
10 inns belonging to 秋保温泉旅館組合
One coupon sheet for each facility (2 sheets total)
Shopping vouchers worth 200,000 yen for both facilities combined
Accommodation vouchers worth 80,000 yen in total
Approximately 35 minutes by car from the Akiu Onsen area
Turning audit knowledge into management intelligence. AI孔明 on IDX transforms accounting firms into AI Executive PMOs. “AI Audit Loop on IDX” launches for certified public accountants
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Capital: 100 million yen (capital reserves: 1.525 billion yen)
More than 10,000 companies
More than 1 million customers
Companies mentioned：AIデータ株式会社、AI孔明 on IDX、Tokkyo.Ai
[An immersive joint company information session where pressing the “switch” makes something happen!] 面白法人カヤック to stage the interactive content “就活スイッチ” at Pia Arena MM on Monday, Aug. 31
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Monday, August 31, 2026
A skit lasting about 30 seconds
44 companies exhibiting
About 4,000 students attended
60.4% feel stressed about job hunting and preparing for it
【Afternoon Tea】A new afternoon tea collaboration, “ルーヴル美術館 Exhibition: Renaissance,” featuring autumn sweets made with chestnuts and grapes to evoke the world of the Renaissance
The October issue of 『VOGUE JAPAN』 (on sale Sept. 1) spotlights fashion and culture in constant transformation from past to future. Actor Tilda Swinton appears on the cover
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Originalシャネルの2026年秋冬コレクション
Served as creative director at the US edition of 『VOGUE』, led by Anna Wintour, for 28 years
The innovation that changed the world: the cold chain. New business-literacy title “Refrigerators: The Logistics Revolution Sparked by the ‘Box That Cools’” is now on sale! This book explains the little-known impact of refrigeration and freezing technologies essential to everyday life.
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List price: ¥3,498, tax included
四六判 format / softcover / 440 pages
Aug. 26, 2026
The James Beard Award for Literary Writing in the United States (2025)
Channel Corporation, operator of “Channel Talk,” which boasts Asia’s No. 1 user base and adoption by more than 230,000 companies worldwide, reveals the full story of its organizational transformation, using AI and data to achieve about 1.3 times as many sales meetings
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Original架電前の事前準備も1社5〜10分を要し
Pre-call preparation time cut from 10 minutes to 2 minutes
Data analysis time cut from several days to 1–2 minutes
“Chill＋,” an interactive media platform for discovering ways to chill, launches full-scale corporate services leveraging the strengths of the KNT-CT Group
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Operates a media platform listing more than 1,100 facilities nationwide
【高島屋】“27 New Year” osechi cuisine moves from tradition to an era of “individuality”! “Fandom and passionate devotion” and “community-based consumption” come to osechi, too! A succession of distinctive products that “go beyond the traditional osechi framework” makes its debut! This year’s lineup addresses diverse needs in both price and content.
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Offering approximately 1,150 varieties of osechi cuisine, among the largest selections in the industry
“Collaborative Osechi” Left: 〈鈴なり×ルカンケ×中國名菜 孫〉 Dream Feast Osechi, Japanese, Western and Chinese cuisine, 3-tier box, ¥108,000
Right: 〈たん熊北店×三國×トゥーランドット臥龍居〉 Japanese, Western and Chinese cuisine, 3-tier box, ¥45,360
“Pick-and-Choose Colorful Osechi” (9 dishes), from ¥13,500
【Fatigue, insomnia, feeling cold, irritability】Resolve vague feelings of being unwell with ingredients from the supermarket! Start delicious medicinal-food wellness with the new book “Seasonal Eating: Restore Your Balance with Ingredients from the Supermarket”
Making labor-saving measures and productivity improvements even more accessible! 5 industries added to “Labor-Saving Navigator,” where industry-specific know-how is easy to understand at a glance
【Tulip Rose】Autumn-limited “Apple Butter” made with Shinshu apples makes its debut! “Cheese Rose Marie,” a cheesecake with a semi-moist texture, also returns
Sales begin for “家庭画報’s 2027 Osechi”! A luxurious lineup, including collaborations with 名料亭. A special early-bird campaign offering 10% off is also underway 【家庭画報ショッピングサロン】
We're doing it again this year! Real-time answer analysis for the Reiwa 8 fiscal year Chief Electrical Engineer Examination (Denken Class 3/Class 2)! Held Sunday, August 30, 2026
Even when dissatisfied with the cold or heat in their homes, 51.5% said they “put up with it.” The bathroom was the place where people most often felt cold, while the bedroom was where they most often felt hot
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72.3% said they had felt uncomfortable with the “summer heat” at home
53.7% cited “winter cold”
27.3% said they often felt cold in the bathroom in winter
37.3% said they often felt hot in the bedroom in summer
47.7% said they most often noticed noise in the bedroom
39.0% said the difficulty and hassle of insulation renovations lay in “not knowing whether they would be effective”
29.0% said they “did not know” which sources of information they could trust when choosing a contractor for insulation renovations
[阪急うめだ本店] “World's Cute Things Exhibition” returns from Wednesday, September 2, with one of its largest-ever lineups of approximately 60 stores, featuring the latest trends from Korea and folk crafts from Asia and Africa
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One of the largest-ever lineups, with approximately 60 stores
“ANYWEAR” Nubi bag + tag charm 11,330 yen
“ジュニジュ” pajama set (top and bottoms) 7,920 yen
“ムヨンジヨン” custom keyboard key ring 4,125 yen
“taag” custom key ring 5,800 yen
“BANACO” room slippers 3,740 yen
“g. カロスキル” jjimjilbang towel 1,100 yen
“ラフエイジア” handwoven mixed-material basket 6,160 yen
Wooden animal mobile, hornbill 3,630 yen
Clock hin (stone
Companies mentioned：阪急うめだ本店、ANYWEAR、ジュニジュ、ムヨンジヨン、taag、BANACO、g. カロスキル、ラフエイジア、セヌフォ堂、Lom Yen、Zarabiya、ビヨルク、OLD HANNA、カンタループ、fabracadabra、QUE sera sera、マレーシア政府、タンザニア
[阪神梅田本店] Calling all stationery fans! The “Stationery Girls Expo pop-up in Umeda 2026,” one of Japan's largest stationery festivals, is back this year.
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The number of exhibitors has increased by 11 companies from last year, bringing 55 companies together in one place.
Browse more than approximately 20,000 stationery items and find your favorites!
The full program has been announced for “The 59th Grand Rokyoku Festival: Rokyoku Museum,” featuring active 104-year-old kouta singer Yuko Tamagawa and others. Tickets go on sale 9/10 (Thu)!
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104-year-old Yuko Tamagawa
All-session pass / general admission 8,000 yen
On-sale only on the day: evening performance, makumi viewing (admission from 19:00 for the second act) / 2,500 yen
Damage from reduced production and services in a Tokyo metropolitan inland earthquake would fall by 65.6% with a “100% BCP formulation rate”—analysis report examines the Cabinet Office's damage estimates
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Of the economic damage, the impact of reduced production and services over the first year after the disaster nationwide is estimated at 37.5 trillion yen
This damage would fall to 12.9 trillion yen simply by bringing the BCP (Business Continuity Plan) formulation rate to 100%
The reduction would amount to 24.6 trillion yen
A reduction of 9.2 trillion yen from a 100% seismic retrofitting rate
Approximately 8.4 million people would be unable to return home
Of those, approximately 1.6 million would have nowhere to go
An estimated approximately 830,000 of them would be people requiring special consideration, such as seniors aged 70 or older, pregnant women, and people with infants
A target has been set for BCP completion rates among companies by Reiwa 17: 100% for large companies and 80% for midsize companies
To celebrate the release of “Nonfiction: Will the War Never End? From the Front Lines of Disarmament and Conflict Prevention”: Special conversation between Rumiko Seya and Ririana Ono
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On July 27, 2026, we released Rumiko Seya’s first children’s book, “Nonfiction: Will the War Never End? From the Front Lines of Disarmament and Conflict Prevention.”
In 2026, awarded an honorary doctorate by the same university for contributions to peace
Newsweek Japan’s “25 Japanese People the World Respects” (2011)
The New York Times, “10 Women Leaving Their Mark on the World” (2022)
The 32nd Yomiuri International Cooperation Prize (2025)
The 3rd collaboration with 野田琺瑯, a long-established Japanese enamelware maker founded 92 years ago! “Noda Horo’s Happy! Daily Cooking Book,” featuring an exclusive pale pink enamel container, goes on sale August 26, 2026 (Wed.)