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The Japan Department Stores Association represents the department-store industry in Japan. Its website publishes monthly department-store sales figures and consumer-trend research, along with industry news, press releases, and updates on member stores. Visitors can also find the association’s sustainability policy and information about department-store customer clubs and a sales-professional certification exam. These resources help readers follow market performance and the association’s work across the sector; the site is an industry-information resource rather than a shopping service.

KAGOYA Japan provides server and web infrastructure in Japan, built around its data-center and cloud-platform services for businesses and individual users. Its lineup includes cloud servers, private cloud, bare metal, VPS, GPU and high-performance computing resources, web hosting, and business email. The company describes a dedicated data center and 24/7 engineering operations support. Customer examples include university climate research, high-traffic event sites, and cost optimization using AWS alongside KAGOYA Cloud VPS.

Excite Blog is a Japanese blog-publishing service and discovery portal. Its homepage offers free blog creation and login, while readers can browse recent posts, themed collections, tags, genre rankings, popular blogs, and official or featured writers. The free plan includes 1 GB of image storage. Three paid plans—Advance, Premium, and Super Premium—cost ¥270, ¥510, and ¥1,030 per month including tax. Depending on the tier, they add larger or unlimited storage, image editing, more detailed access reports, plugin customization, and advertising controls. The official comparison also lists paid-article sales: up to four articles per month on the free plan and unlimited on paid plans. Public blogs can be read without an account; registration and login are used to publish and manage a blog.

Tabelog is a Japanese restaurant guide for discovery, reviews, ratings, and reservations. People can search restaurants across Japan by area, cuisine, budget, dining occasion, and venue features, then compare listings, user reviews, photos, and rankings. For participating restaurants, a booking search accepts a date, time, and party size. Public listings can be browsed without signing in; a free account lets members save restaurants and manage places they have visited. Editorial features and restaurant awards add curated recommendations. Tabelog Premium is an optional paid service offering member-only coupons and additional search functions.

Sumitomo Life’s official Japanese site presents insurance for individuals and businesses, policyholder services, and company information. Visitors can browse products, choose by life event or purpose, use an insurance selector, and learn about Vitality, its health-oriented insurance program. Policyholders can complete online procedures, review contract details, and access support and other services. Business sections cover corporate pensions, group and savings insurance, employee benefits, and well-being services. FAQs, in-person offices, news, sustainability information, disaster procedures, and financial-crime warnings are also provided.

The Japan Deep Learning Association (JDLA), established in 2017, is a Japanese incorporated association that seeks to strengthen the country's industrial competitiveness through deep-learning-centered technologies. Its stated activities include promoting business adoption, developing talent, making proposals to public institutions and industry, international cooperation, and dialogue with society. The official site explains the G Test, which assesses literacy for understanding and using AI and deep learning, and the E Qualification, which evaluates knowledge of deep-learning theory and the ability to select and implement suitable methods. It also provides exam and study information, lists JDLA-certified programs for E Qualification candidates, and publishes business case studies, events, AI-governance resources, membership details, and organizational information.

The Japan Shipowners’ Association represents shipowners and shipping companies in Japan. Its site introduces the association and its members and covers shipping policy and taxation, environmental issues, maritime safety and piracy, and the development of maritime talent. It also publishes shipping statistics and reports, opinions and policy proposals, and press releases. Visitors can explore introductory material about ships and the sea, including educational resources designed for children.

freee is an integrated business-management platform for small businesses. Its cloud services connect accounting, tax filing, payroll and labor administration, and other back-office work with related business data, helping owners manage operations across previously separate tools. The site introduces products for running and administering a small business.

NTV NEWS NNN identifies itself as a news site for the 30 stations in Nippon TV’s NNN network. The homepage presents recent stories and rankings, with categories for society, politics, business and the economy, international news, lifestyle, sports, culture, and weather and earthquakes. Readers can also browse regional reporting, special features, and commentary from the network’s editorial analysts. A prominent link leads to NTV NEWS24, which the page describes as streaming live around the clock. Other links point to weather and disaster-prevention information, English-language news, and the service’s social-media accounts. Some story cards show video duration and the contributing station, reflecting the site’s text and broadcast-news coverage. Copyright information names Nippon Television Network Corporation, and the page credits NNN (Nippon News Network) for video cooperation. It is an official portal for following Nippon TV network news by topic and region.

DEPACO is a cosmetics online store and beauty-information publication operated by the Japanese department stores Daimaru and Matsuzakaya, featuring brands sold through their department-store beauty business. Shoppers can browse by brand or category and find new arrivals, exclusive products, popularity rankings and recommended items. Its assortment includes skincare, makeup, base makeup, fragrance and beauty sets, while articles cover launches, brand products, rankings, mini cosmetics and seasonal campaigns. Member services include online beauty consultations and seminars, alongside product search, an account page, cart, department-store points, gift wrapping, FAQs and customer contact. The site also links to Daimaru and Matsuzakaya stores, cards and related services.

Idemitsu Kosan’s corporate website covers the company’s activities in fuels, materials, electricity, renewable energy, and resources. Its business pages include petroleum products, basic chemicals, lubricants, electronic materials, functional chemicals, agricultural products, and functional feed. The site also describes oil and gas development, coal, geothermal power, and electricity sales. Visitors can find apollostation locations and links to the Drive On app and card and payment services. Japanese-language sections provide company news, corporate information, investor relations, sustainability, and careers.

The official Japan Securities Dealers Association website is a portal for information about Japan’s securities industry, its rules, statistics, and investor resources. It covers member firms and securities representatives and explains industry systems, guidelines, rules, and self-regulation. Beginner resources describe NISA and how to open an account, while investor alerts address fake accounts and advertisements and other investment-related warnings. The association publishes data such as securities lending and shareholder-community statistics, along with research, reports, press releases, and remarks by its chair. Information on securities-representative qualifications and examinations, investment-awareness events, and financial education makes the site an official source on Japan’s securities sector and basic investor information.

Niigata Nippo is the online news service of the Niigata newspaper, covering news and topics from Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Its homepage links to the latest news, digital-exclusive stories, store openings and closings, events and tourism, sports, crime and accidents, schools, traffic, and elections; domestic and overseas news has its own section. Local coverage is divided into eight areas: Niigata City, Sado, Kaetsu, Kenoh, Nagaoka, Kashiwazaki, Uonuma, and Joetsu. A map and municipality links help readers find stories by place. The page also offers rankings for three hours, 24 hours, and one week, along with links to the day's print edition, weather, personnel news, obituaries, coupons, and publisher events. Public-safety modules cover earthquakes, evacuation, warnings, tsunami information, civil protection, volcano alerts, and linear rainbands. Newspaper archives and subscription information, newsletters, LINE, and push notifications are also linked. Readers can follow local government, daily life, business, sports, tourism, and national or international news. Some stories are marked digital-exclusive, but the homepage does not establish one access rule or price for all articles.

TRANBI is a Japanese online marketplace that connects people and companies seeking to buy or sell a business, including for business succession. Sellers can publish transfer opportunities, while buyers search listings and request negotiations. The site also presents named deals, listings from public business-succession support centers, buyer needs, matching assistance, professional-adviser options, completed-deal examples, articles, and M&A learning materials. Seller use is listed as free; buyers choose monthly plans based on deal size, with no success fee charged on a completed transaction. Separate learning plans and paid negotiation support are available, so users should check plan features, term length, and renewal conditions before subscribing.

BeeX is a Japanese cloud integrator focused on enterprise systems, including SAP-based core business platforms. It supports cloud adoption, migration, operation, and optimization, alongside SAP services, security measures, license resale, and digital transformation projects. Its service lineup includes 24/7 managed cloud monitoring and operations, while customer stories describe AWS environment management, Snowflake data use, and SAP S/4HANA migration.

The official Japanese corporate site of Toray presents its businesses and product areas. Its portfolio includes fibers and textiles, resins and films, chemicals, electronics materials, carbon-fiber composites, and water treatment. Linked sections lead visitors to further information about products, applications, and technologies. The site also publishes company news, innovation updates, sustainability content, and investor relations. Company, careers, and contact pages provide official information for readers and business partners.

PRESIDENT Online is a Japanese-language news and feature publication covering business, money, politics and the economy, careers, lifestyle, and society. Its official homepage highlights popular stories, editors’ picks, interviews, special features, video, and members-only articles. Topics range from management and work to investing, public affairs, health, and everyday life, with author names shown on article cards. Popular-story rankings distinguish free-member and paid-member views, and the site provides account registration and login links, so some material is reserved for members. Sponsored commercial features are labeled “Sponsored” rather than presented as ordinary editorial stories. The homepage also connects readers to the print magazines PRESIDENT and PRESIDENT Family, the PRESIDENT Store, and related publications and services such as PRESIDENT Growth, WOMAN, dancyu, STYLE, and PRESIDENT BOOKS. It is a broad Japanese destination for business reading and current-affairs features, not a single-topic financial site.

Radiotalk is a Japanese audio service for publishing recorded talk shows and hosting live audio that listeners can join. Its official site describes editing recorded programs, inviting remote guests for collaborative recordings, and distributing shows to podcast platforms. The homepage features trending programs and talks with titles, durations, and reaction counts, helping visitors browse public audio. It also links to the iOS and Android apps, FAQs, terms, and company information. The public pages reviewed do not state one price or registration rule for every feature.

The official JR East site provides rail-service information for eastern Japan, including operating status, tickets and Shinkansen reservations, stations, routes, timetables, commuter passes, discount tickets, and Suica. From the homepage, visitors can reach regional disruption updates, delay certificates, refund notices, train and station search, press releases, and current campaigns. It also links to JR East travel services, point programs, and an online shopping mall. A separate section on the same website is for JR Tokyo General Hospital and provides department information, outpatient and inpatient guidance, health-checkup information, hospital notices, access details, and events. The site therefore brings together JR East passenger services and practical information for people visiting or contacting the hospital.