More than 10,000 participants to date. Bringing more farming experiences to children in Tokyo. Seeking corporate partners to help grow “Nōiku!”, a farming experience project for parents and children
Tetsuya Takeda appears as “Ryujin-sama,” who holds the fate of the story in his hands! Making a surprise appearance at the end of episode 16 of ABEMA original “15-minute drama” The Rules of Vacation as an ancient Japanese god who controls all weather
ヨイトキ（Yoitoki） releases a “marriage hunting guide” for foreigners seeking serious relationships in Japan, offering a place to meet for working professionals and specialists who value shared values and people with international careers
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Tokyo, August 29, 2026
Companies mentioned：OLA PARTY JAPAN株式会社、ヨイトキ（Yoitoki）
Calling artists and bands poised to lead the next generation! The large-scale “Hype La Audition,” featuring more than 20 music labels and management companies, is underway. Late-stage applications now open through 9/14!
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Prize money of 500,000 yen
1-day ticket ¥11,000
2-day pass ¥20,000
U-21 ticket ¥8,800
Children’s ticket ¥3,300
Companies mentioned：株式会社 ヒップランドミュージックコーポレーション、xHL、Ki/oon Music、Warner Music Japan、cutting edge、ホリプロ、PIZZA OF DEATH MANAGEMENT、カクバリズム、BADASS、THE NINTH APOLLLO、CAFFEINE BOMB RECORDS/CAFFEINE BOMB ORGANICS、bud music、HIP LAND MUSIC、MASH A&R、A-Sketch、SEEZ RECORDS、Victor Music Arts、ユニバーサル ミュージック/EMI Records、日本コロムビア、LD&K、PONY CANYON、UK.PROJECT、RAINBOW ENTERTAINMENT、JMS
The unit “THE TOKYO IDIOTS,” featuring Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, Koikuchi Ichikawa and Wes-P, brings all 4 performances at the world’s largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, to a spectacular close!
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4 performances in total
A total of 400 customers
Standard price £20
Companies mentioned：THE TOKYO IDIOTS、吉本興業株式会社、Banquet Hall、WU Asia Pacific
The hit series “The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All,” with cumulative worldwide sales surpassing 2.25 million copies, will release Volume 5 on Wednesday, January 13, 2027!!
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The author’s social media accounts have surpassed 2 million followers in total
Overseas travel eSIM “TRAVeSIM” to launch dual campaign on September 1, offering “full refunds if it doesn’t work” and “discounts on multiple simultaneous purchases”
Audience feedback (excerpts): About 400 people attended the event.
We will continue to support Kaito Murai as he takes on new challenges, drawing on 18 years of competitive swimming experience to promote interaction and outreach related to swimming.
Murai was also selected for “2026 Para Art TOKYO,” marking his selection for 2 consecutive years.
Summary of entry requirements for Pokémon card raffles. Only 12.7% have no requirements, while 54.3% require membership registration! Toreget surveyed 1,211 cases
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Identity verification and ID submission: 34.3%
Social media follows: 297 cases (24.5%)
Dedicated app: 164 cases (13.5%)
Receipt or purchase history submission: 58 cases (4.8%)
App raffles: 72.0%
WEB raffles: 59.1%
In-store raffles: 43.4%
1 requirement: 51.2%
2 requirements: 29.0%
3 or more requirements: 7.1%
Raffles requiring 2 or more conditions totaled 36.1
How many chances are there to enter raffles for trading cards at list price? Half of the products have 10 or fewer raffles, and 30% of entries start after launch! Toreget (@cardchusen_com) surveyed 1,955 cases
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1,955 raffle sales
“The World’s Strongest Warrior” had the most, with 421 raffles
[Pokémon card raffles] 61.0% do not know how many raffles they have entered. Only 39.0% keep track! Survey by card raffle roundup Toreget
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Trading card raffle information site “Toreget” surveyed users on how well they track their raffle entries. It found that 61.0% do not know the exact number, highlighting the difficulty of keeping track.
Facts
36.3% said, “I only have a rough idea”
24.7% said, “I have no idea at all”
30.2% said they keep track using notes or screenshots
Card raffle roundup “Toreget” begins recruiting stores to list raffle information. Listings are free, and the policy explicitly requires entry conditions to be included
Card raffle roundup “Toreget” surpasses 1 million monthly users. PV reaches 2.49 million, up 2.54 times month over month
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Monthly users surpass 1 million
Total users in August 2026: 1,021,930
Monthly page views: 2,492,391
Page views were 3.31 times higher
Returning users: 224,253
Returning users were 3.10 times higher
The most-viewed page was the raffle information page for “30th CELEBRATION,” a Pokémon card 30th anniversary pack launching on September 16, with 682,613 PV
Next was the One Piece card “The World’s Strongest Warrior,” with 387,579 PV
Taskaji surveys awareness and practices around emergency supplies ahead of Disaster Prevention Day: About 60% of clients “are unable to review supplies regularly and struggle to maintain rotating stock”
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A total of 207 people: 135 clients and 72 housekeepers who work in household services, known as “Taskaji-san”
The share who “consistently or generally practice” rotating stock was 44.4% among clients
The share who “consistently or generally practice” rotating stock was 44.4% among clients and 66.7% among Taskaji-san, a difference of 22.2 percentage points.
Among people who stockpile food and drinks for disaster preparedness, 58.5% of respondents do not review their supplies regularly.
The combined share of those who “review their stockpiles whenever they notice a need, without setting a schedule,” “have not reviewed them for more than 1 year,” and “have hardly reviewed them since first stockpiling” was 58.5%. Among 67 Tasukaji users who stockpile supplies, the figure was 43.3%, a difference of 15.2 percentage points.
A fall filled with wagyu. 網焼香房 輪 to introduce new menu items from September, including a wagyu hitsumabushi set and a 三-variety yaki-suki platter｜沖縄・ラグナガーデンホテル
ApoEZY, an automated sales-call service in which AI handles calls answered by AI reception systems, launches a feature for screening mobile phone calls.
“AI社員,” an AI agent that handles requests via chat through to registration in internal systems; sai X aid releases 24 examples of applicable tasks.
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24 examples of applicable tasks
We recommend assigning no more than around 3 tasks to a single role.
Companies mentioned：株式会社sai X aid、Slack、Microsoft Teams、Chatwork、freee、マネーフォワード、Salesforce、kintone、Notion、Google Workspace、Microsoft 365、Anthropic、Amazon Bedrock、Google Cloud、Vertex AI
Launch of “StockClub,” a financial information site for cross-analyzing Japanese and U.S. stocks. Japanese stock financial data is analyzed in-house from disclosures on EDINET and TDnet.
ABEMA’s original romance reality show Love Catcher Japan 3: Model and actor Remon Yamakita says, “It’s pretty rare to suspect someone in a relationship in my private life of being ‘after my money…??’”
株式会社カラフル begins hiring new graduates for 2027 through permanent staffing at カラフルスタッフィング建設, its staffing service specializing in the construction industry.
株式会社rYojbaba, the organization behind 堺整骨院グループ, launches the world’s first “Due Process OS,” combining AI with a union that charges no membership fees.
September 3 is Sleep Day: Yakitori enters an era of thinking about “sleep.” A former executive with 28 years in the sleep industry takes on “sleep × beauty × yakitori” in Roppongi.
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Japanese people sleep for “7 hours and 22 minutes.”
“Graveyard of Longing: Marriage Hunting Among Women in Their 33s” — A realistic, heartfelt human drama about women aged 33 pursuing “ordinary” happiness — New manga series for women
【Full text available】“Aromatherapy as a Liberal Art,” by 生活の木 President Tadashi Shigenaga, goes on sale today! Redefining aromatherapy from “healing” to “liberal arts.”
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August 31, 2026
Price: 1,800 yen plus tax
B6 format / 208 pages
Companies mentioned：生活の木、株式会社游藝舎、講談社、Tree of Life Hotel、原宿表参道欅会
GANASIA’s “ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION” set for release on 8cm CD and 7-inch vinyl! The greatest song of mid-90s digital pop returns in a 30th-anniversary edition!
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Release date: Nov. 25, 2026 (Wednesday)
Retail price: ¥2,420 including tax / ¥2,200 before tax
Retail price: ¥3,300 including tax / ¥3,000 before tax
Yufu, a vintage soul artist from Taiwan who is also active in countries across Asia and Europe, will release 2 double-sided singles and hold a first solo show in Tokyo.
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Recorded more than 1.5 million streams
Advance tickets ¥4,400
Tickets at the door ¥4,900
1 drink ¥600
Companies mentioned：Yufu、Coral Soul Records、Kissing Fish Records、diskunion、LivePocket、SOUL PICNIC、The Orchard Japan
ABEMA unveils new visuals for the September Grand Sumo Tournament! The 5 wrestlers—last tournament champion Aonishiki, both yokozuna and 3 ozeki—feature in a new design with deer and ears of rice under the banner “Majestic Presence”; reactions include, “What a magnificent sight”
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The September Grand Sumo Tournament, to be held at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan from Sept. 13, 2026
ABEMA’s original dating reality show “Love Catcher Japan 3”: Influencer Rei, with more than 840,000 social media followers, says, “I also show a vulnerable side, with emotions spilling out in a way I normally can’t on the show”
【関西外国語大学】The September 2026 entrance ceremony was held, welcoming transfer students to undergraduate programs, international students and 449 people from 38 countries and regions to the university
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449 people from 38 countries and regions joined the university
By nationality, the incoming students come from 47 countries and regions
428 universities in 55 countries and regions worldwide
Sends about 1,300 students overseas each year
Accepts about 1,100 international students each year
【TAC公務員】For those aspiring to careers in psychology or social welfare in the civil service: Free online individual study consultations with instructor Yamaguchi in September!
Commentary and videos on the exam are now available! Reiwa 8 Electrical Chief Engineer Examination (Electrical Chief Engineer Class 3/Class 2) [Held on Sunday, August 30, 2026]
[Scenic day-trip hot spring 龍宮殿本館] “Local Appreciation Week” for nearby areas: Bringing Hakone closer to home. A project connecting with the local community, “Hakone Time,” gets underway
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Adults: ¥1,900 (regular price: ¥2,900 on weekdays / ¥3,200 on weekends and holidays)
Children (elementary school students): ¥550 (regular price: ¥1,700 on weekdays / ¥2,000 on weekends and holidays)
According to Hakone Town’s Reiwa 7 tourism visitor statistics, the annual number of visitors was 21.12 million (104.0% year over year)
[Survey on 1-person driving camps] Around 70% resolved their concerns about participating “within a few days” of joining! The biggest benefit was “the freedom to spend time at my own pace”
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About 70%
“I wanted to get my license in a short period of time (32.00%)”
“I thought going as 1 person would be more relaxing (23.00%)”
Concerns before participating (62.33%)
Around 80% (75.67%) interacted with other participants during the camp
“I could spend time at my own pace (31.00%)”
“Free time (24.67%)”
“Meals (22.33%)”
“Nothing in particular (26.33%)”
“A driving school with a high percentage of 1-person participants (35.33%)”
British diamond cutter モニッケンダム refreshes its Isetan Shinjuku Store
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The long-established British diamond cutter Monnickendam will reopen its Isetan Shinjuku Store after a refresh on September 2, 2026. Buyers will receive exclusive benefits as the brand shares its history and brilliance anew.
[For media only] きまぐれクック takes on declining fish consumption and osechi demand! Pre-release preview of all 50 items in “海手箱” ahead of its unveiling—online briefing on September 2 and 3 to introduce its development background and featured ingredients
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50 items in total
YouTube channel has more than 15.4 million subscribers
Notice of the start of imports and sales of optical communications and optoelectronic devices for AI data centers and other applications, including NuPhotonics products
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More than 300 overseas manufacturers
More than 100,000 laser and optics-related products
[Ehime, Matsuyama] 三福快適生活 begins selling used home appliances to welfare facilities and people with disabilities, easing the initial costs of starting a new life