How will engineers evolve in the AI era? Headwaters’ working engineers discuss the realities of technology, teams and work styles at “Headwaters AI Festival” on September 29
[JAF Sapporo] Helping prevent traffic accidents involving elementary school students. Raising awareness of the effectiveness of reflective materials at Hokkaido Waku Waku Kids Festa in Takino Park ahead of autumn, when the sun sets earlier
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Approximately 60% occur while children are traveling to and from school
[New program launched] あしなが育英会 expands support to junior high school students, providing ¥50,000 to 400 new first-year students
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Applications are being accepted from 400 students scheduled to enter junior high school in April 2027
¥50,000 will be provided just before enrollment
A survey was conducted among parents in households receiving high school scholarships who have younger siblings in grades 5 of elementary school through year 2 of junior high school; 208 people responded
Approximately 7000 bereaved children currently receive scholarships from the association
[スマイルゲート] Set to exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2026! Try out new titles “MIRESI: The Unseen Future” and “Dead Account: Two Blue Flames,” plus a stage featuring special guests
[Hit hard by rising prices] Real income for families of bereaved children down ¥200,000 over 5 years; 20% of bereaved children considering abandoning further education
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Down approximately ¥200,000 over 5 years
21.5% of high school scholarship recipients are considering abandoning further education due to rising prices
A record 2196 people selected for the 2026 academic year
Stories submitted by frozen food and ice cream fans turned into a live-action and generative AI drama. “My Frozen Life,” starring Hina Kagei, now streaming
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More than 90 stories submitted
More than 10 million TikTok followers
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5 of the 15 episodes are live-action
10 episodes are video works created using generative AI
More than 650,000 combined followers across social media
[箱根リトリートföre & villa 1/f] Reservations open for 2026 Christmas cakes. 6 cakes and stollen, including “Kurenai,” a new creation by a young pastry chef based in Hakone
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6 types of Christmas cake and stollen
Size 5 / ¥4,500 (tax included)
Size 4 / ¥3,500 (tax included)
Size 4.5 / ¥4,000 (tax included)
Size 4 / ¥3,000 (tax included)
2,500 yen (tax included)
The modern hotel “före” has 37 rooms
The independent cottages “villa 1/f” comprise 18 units
18 hotels in Japan
4,837 rooms in total
27 hotels in Japan
Total guest rooms: 9,051
The group’s hotels have a total of 4,079 employees
Companies mentioned:箱根リトリートföre & villa 1/f、オリエンタルホテルズ&リゾーツ、株式会社ホテルマネージメントジャパン
“いないいないばあっ!” marks the 30th anniversary of its broadcast debut and launches its first brand for adults, “いないいないばあっ! OTONA STAGE”! Opens for a limited time at Shibuya Hikarie in Tokyo from Thursday, October 1, 2026
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30th anniversary of the program’s broadcast debut
From October 1 (Thursday) to October 14 (Wednesday), 2026
[Daimaru Shimonoseki] “Trial Osechi” for 1,080 yen on sale in limited quantities on Thursday, October 1! In-store osechi orders also begin on the same day, Thursday, October 1, on the basement floor!!
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“Trial Osechi”: 1,080 yen (tax included) (1 box)
Limited quantity: 150 boxes (up to 2 boxes per person)
Number of items handled: 163 (up 18 from the previous year)
[株式会社アセンド] Bunkyo Branch of 東京土建一般労働組合, Japan’s largest construction workers’ union, adopts “RecACE plus.” Announces results of DX support for telephone operations in the construction industry, where AI adoption is slow to advance
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It is Japan’s largest construction workers’ union, with approximately 110,000 members
Original1日20〜30件受け付けています
Since June 2026, the organization has used a system in which AI automatically records, transcribes and summarizes calls while staff answer the phone as usual
Companies mentioned:株式会社アセンド、東京土建一般労働組合、東京土建一般労働組合文京支部、RecACE plus
Operates a total of 67 home improvement stores, mainly in northern Kyushu and Yamaguchi, across Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, Kumamoto, Yamaguchi and other areas (including 2 EC stores)
[ダイアナ] A vivid ribbon that captures every gaze. New feminine-meets-mode shoes now available in colors exclusive to the WEB SHOP and street-front stores!
Guests on “Why So Good?” airing Thursday, September 17, are Jotetsu Kojima and Takehiro Yamaguchi from MagMag! How does communications support turn first-hand information from creators and CXOs into an “asset”?
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September 17, 2026 (Thursday), 25:00–25:30
Interviewed executives from approximately 30 companies
“AirTrip CXO Salon,” with 800 registered companies
The certification period is 5 years, from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2031.
The first environmental education program following certification, “Experience the Work of a Final Disposal Site Worker,” will be held on September 26, 2026 (Saturday).
Haircut and color specialty salon “チョキペタ” revamps its official website with a 30-second color menu diagnosis and price simulator, making it easier to choose a salon before visiting
令和ロマン’s Matsui Kemuri and マユリカ’s Sakamoto share drinks one-on-one in Koenji! “Would you become a dad friend?” “松井ケムリの路地酔い気分。” Episode 1 airs Sunday, September 20, at 22:00; Episode 2 airs Sunday, September 27, at 22:00
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Airs Sunday, September 20, at 22:00
Stay tuned. [Program information] 松井ケムリの路地酔い気分。 Broadcast channel: BSよしもと (BS265ch) Broadcast times: September 20 (Sunday) at 22:00; September 27 (Sunday) at 22:00
Providing a benefit code for 3 months of free access to ネイティブキャンプ
Providing a benefit code for 1 year of free access to ネイティブキャンプ
A total of 19 teams will compete
Instructors from more than 140 countries around the world
More than 15,000 instructors
More than 32,000 rich learning materials
80 million lessons to date
Companies mentioned:ネイティブキャンプ、UNIKP実行委員会、Zepp DiverCity(TOKYO)、筑波大学、早稲田大学、上智大学、桜美林大学、BTS、Mrs. GREEN APPLE、timelesz project -AUDITION-、NOSUKE、aespa、ILLIT、G-DRAGON、RENAN、SM ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN、GPP
Rie Kuwabata, who turned 50 this year, laughs and cries during a first look with her husband; the Kuwabata couple renew their vows in a vow renewal ceremony, reaffirming their commitment in their 18th year of marriage
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The Kuwabata couple, celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary
The Kuwabata couple in their 18th year of marriage
November issue of ゼクシィ (on sale Friday, September 18, 2026)
2026 Clarivate Citation Laureates honor researchers whose work has led to groundbreaking scientific advances
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The 22 researchers selected
Since Clarivate began selecting Citation Laureates, 89 recipients have gone on to win Nobel Prizes.
Since 2002, ISI analysts have used publication and citation data from the Web of Science Core Collection to identify Nobel-caliber research and the researchers behind it.
More than 67 million papers and conference proceedings indexed in Web of Science since 1970
Fewer than 0.02% have been cited more than 2,000 times.
Companies mentioned:Clarivate Plc、Institute for Scientific Information(ISI)、シナイ・ヘルス ルーネンフェルド・タネンバウム研究所、トロント大学、バンティング・アンド・ベスト糖尿病センター、ノボノルディスク、コペンハーゲン大学、ロックフェラー大学、マサチューセッツ工科大学、オレゴン健康科学大学、ハーバード大学、九州大学、最先端有機光エレクトロニクス研究センター(OPERA)、ミシガン大学、南カリフォルニア大学、スイス連邦工科大学チューリッヒ校、清華大学、ペンシルベニア州立大学、イリノイ大学アーバナ・シャンペーン校、ワイツマン科学研究所、カリフォルニア工科大学、スタンフォード大
鳥しきICHIMON launches 鳥しきICHIMON 登竜門, a selection project to discover yakitori chefs who can make their mark around the world — take flight globally with yakitori. Recruiting the next generation of culinary artists
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Earned one star in the ミシュランガイド for 14 consecutive years
Currently operates 18 locations in Japan and overseas
Career development with the potential to earn an annual income of 10 million yen or more
調達インフォ, a knowledge-sharing and practical support service for public-sector employees, launches 職員相談室, a new feature for anonymous, private consultations
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Approximately 26 million records from around 9,000 organizations nationwide
【New project launch】A new cross-border project connecting Japan and the GCC gets underway. Bringing Japanese value overseas through 5 business areas. Our company, Image One, is participating from the outset in the medical and healthcare business
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The 6 member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Make wedding venue hunting even more fun! The “Hamamatsu Wedding Festa” is coming! A special promotion will also give away tickets by lottery to the アビーチャーチ concert featuring Tetsuya Komuro
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September 27, 2026 (Sun.), 9:00–15:00 (last entry at 14:00)
October 4, 2026 (Sun.), 9:00–15:00 (last entry at 14:00)
[オリエンタルホテル広島] Hotel’s first event marking its 20th anniversary: “An Evening of Opera for Everyone,” an accessible introduction to opera for beginners and students, to be held on November 7
The next-generation barrier care made possible by Anua’s open innovation. The full details of its proprietary formula, “ML3 Precursor™*,” jointly developed with KAIST, are now 공개
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A multilayer lamellar structure with 3 or more layers
Entertainment matching service “pato” to launch its “Ongoing Campaign” on September 17, offering more coupons for the following month the more you play
New book, “Behavioral Change: A New Way to Change and Be Changed, Starting with ‘Yourself’ Rather Than ‘Someone Else,’ and with ‘Structure’ Rather Than ‘Habits’” (by Daiki Matsumura, representative of Butterfly Lab), on sale October 1
A presentation by Tokyo high school students turns into an actual trip to Niigata! A journey through Oku-Aga to enjoy Niigata’s autumn leaves and “gottuo” local cuisine — THE NIIGATA project and Shinkansen & bus tour, 7th edition —
Classical music for everyone from 0 to 5 years old! Smiles spread through the venue with song and dance — “Classical Live for 1 Million People” held at Hakobune Certified Kodomoen in Fukuoka Prefecture
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Approximately 230 children aged 0 to 5 and staff from Hakobune Certified Kodomoen took part
Opening theme “Hyakunitisou” to be played as a station melody at Yashiro Station on しなの鉄道 in Chikuma, Nagano Prefecture, the setting of the TV anime “Turkey!”
FleGrowth: Holds a class on countering special fraud and AI scams, “Protect Yourself from Sophisticated AI Scams,” at “Shibuya Hachiko University,” hosted by Shibuya Ward
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Participants: 28 (lottery held due to high demand)
17 companies, organizations and local governments to simultaneously launch a joint commercial! Joint campaign “Choose Your Electricity Project” to expand renewable energy starts September 17!
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17 companies, organizations and local governments endorse the initiative
Electricity use accounts for 46.5% of CO₂ emissions from households
Companies mentioned:一般社団法人Media is Hope、株式会社UPDATER(みんな電力)、エネックス株式会社、株式会社かづのパワー、Q.ENESTでんき株式会社、グリーンピープルズパワー(GPP)、湘南電力株式会社、株式会社ソーラーパートナーズ、株式会社ところざわ未来電力、ハチドリ電力(株式会社ボーダレス・ジャパン)、株式会社パルシステム電力、陸前高田しみんエネルギー株式会社、戸田建設株式会社、株式会社日本エコシステム、千代田区、武蔵野市、パワーシフトキャンペーン