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e-Gov is Japan's official portal for information about government services and administrative procedures for residents and businesses. It links to online applications, searches of laws currently in force, and a portal for finding open data published by government agencies. Other services include public-comment opportunities, administrative document registers, and indexes of government-held personal-information files. Users can search the e-Gov site or search across agencies, then browse service and policy guidance by topics such as health, education, employment, taxes, transport, and tourism. The homepage carries official notices, service updates, maintenance information, help links, and system status; signing in is required to submit a policy proposal.

SBI Life’s official Japanese site covers personal life insurance, policyholder procedures, and information for businesses. Its catalog includes online term life, lifelong medical coverage, disability income insurance, and protection related to home loans. Visitors can estimate premiums, apply, request brochures, or resume an application online, while policyholders can access contract details and procedures. The site also publishes life-insurance basics, health articles, FAQs, contact information, and press releases. It brings together product and support information for the SBI Group’s life insurer in Japan.

TDK’s Japanese corporate site provides company, product, and technology information for the electronic-components manufacturer. Visitors can reach its product center, application guidance, and technical library for design and development, as well as technology articles and news. The homepage features examples such as sensors, multilayer ceramic capacitors, and power products, and links to information about TDK’s businesses and global locations, sustainability, investor relations, and careers.

The Japan Dairy Industry Association shares information about dairy and helps people understand milk and dairy products. Its site lets visitors search product-based questions and answers about milk, yogurt, cheese, cream, butter, milk powder, and more. It also provides guides to dairy farming and processing, member-company information, relevant laws, HACCP materials, and yearbook resources. The association features food-education lessons for children, seminars, recipes, factory tours, packaging recycling, and environmental initiatives. Consumers and educators can use it to learn about dairy products and the industry’s activities.

Honda Research Institute Japan is a Japan-based research organization that aims to develop intelligent systems that contribute to human well-being and coexist with people through trusted relationships. Its official site introduces the Honda CA communication-assistance system, designed to promote mutual understanding between people with and without hearing disabilities; HARK, open-source software that gives robots auditory capabilities; and Haru, a social robot that responds to human emotion with expressive behavior. The site also provides research activities, researcher profiles, a publication search, licensing information, and career postings, including roles in human-centered multimodal dialogue, speech and acoustic recognition, and quantum technologies and algorithms.

uSonar is a Japanese business-data platform that supports B2B sales and marketing through LBC, a corporate database the company describes as covering about 12.5 million business locations in Japan. Its services help teams build company target lists, match and continuously refresh customer records, identify likely prospects with intent data and AI, screen business risks, use business-card information, and connect CRM and SFA systems. PlanSonar supports sales strategy and account-based marketing, while mSonar links business-card management with company data. The company also offers APIs and announced in September 2026 that its conversational AI feature uNou would help create prospect lists in PlanSonar.

FRONTIER's Japan store sells desktop computers and gaming PCs configured through a build-to-order system. Shoppers can browse by intended use and computer form, or search by technical specifications and price. Product pages list components such as the processor, memory, graphics, and storage, along with price and made-to-order status. The store also provides campaigns, an account area, cart, support, and warranty information. Business customers can find inquiry options as well as links for on-site setup and trade-in services.

Sofmap is an official Japanese online retailer for new and pre-owned computers and digital devices. Its categories span PCs, gaming equipment and components, smartphones, cameras, televisions, audio gear, home appliances, games, media, books, and hobby products. The storefront provides product search, rankings, membership, points, wish lists, and a shopping cart. For secondhand goods it connects with group services Recole and Rakuru for resale and buyback, while also listing stores, business invoicing, delivery, extended warranties, repairs, and setup support. Sofmap, part of the Bic Camera Group, operates the site, which brings online ordering and physical-store information together.

AIsmiley is a Japanese-language portal where organizations can search and compare AI products and services and request product information. Its catalog covers areas such as generative AI, AI agents, chatbots, image recognition, AI optical character recognition, demand forecasting, and custom AI development. The site also publishes product news, adoption case studies, feature articles, webinars, events, and an AI/DX glossary. Visitors can request product brochures and comparison materials at no charge, and can consult an AI specialist holding Japan’s G Test qualification about ways to use AI products, also without a consultation fee. Newsletter signup is free as well. Free portal research and material requests do not mean the listed AI products themselves are free: product functions, terms, and prices vary by provider and should be checked in each listing or its materials. The portal is operated by AIsmiley Inc.

Daily Sports Online is a Japanese news site focused on sports. It covers professional baseball and the Hanshin Tigers, MLB, soccer, golf, combat sports, horse racing, and race events, while also publishing entertainment, society, fishing, and opinion pieces. The homepage provides breaking updates and scores, photos, videos, real-time and daily rankings, race previews, and special features. It also links to print and digital newspaper subscriptions, back issues, and content purchases, bringing the publication’s news and newspaper-related services together.

Sumitomo Corporation’s Japanese corporate website introduces the group’s businesses, company information, and news. It presents ten business groups covering steel, automotive, transport and construction equipment, urban development, communication services, digital and AI, lifestyle, resources, chemicals and electronics and agriculture, and energy transformation. The company explains its aim to anticipate market and social needs and create value across industry boundaries. The site also provides sustainability, investor, and career information, along with Enriching+, its official editorial platform. Enriching+ publishes stories about employees and businesses in urban development, aircraft leasing, digital and AI, healthcare, agriculture, and energy.

Gibraltar Life’s official Japanese site presents life insurance for individuals and groups, along with policyholder services. Visitors can browse products by purpose or type, request a personal consultation with a life-plan consultant, order materials, and review application guidance. Policyholders can access My Page, insurance-benefit claims, contract procedures, online policy documents, and contract information. The site also provides rate and separate-account information for foreign-currency and variable products, plus offerings for educators and groups. Company details, FAQs, news, disaster procedures, and warnings about financial crime and suspicious contact are included for Japan.

Daichi wo Mamoru Kai’s shopping site is a Japan-focused online store and delivery service for groceries and natural foods. Its catalog includes vegetables, fruit, eggs, dairy, bread, tofu, meat, fish, prepared dishes, rice, snacks, seasonings, noodles, and drinks. Separate sections offer household goods, beauty and health products, home and kitchen items, clothing, and disaster-preparedness supplies. Shoppers can search products, order by item number, save favorites, revisit frequently purchased items, and browse weekly features and sales. The site provides login and cart access, recurring deliveries, delivery-time and location changes, trial sets for first-time customers, and help and contact information.

Sustech is a Japanese GX company that supports corporate decarbonization and renewable-energy operations. Its Carbonix platform helps manage and calculate supply-chain greenhouse-gas emissions and prepare reports. ELIC combines AI-based generation forecasts with centralized operation of distributed power sources and electricity sales. The company also lists PPA, FIP aggregation, battery operations, EV charging, solar-plant maintenance, and GX investment services.

Smart Craft is a cloud manufacturing execution system (MES) that brings production instructions, shop-floor results, aggregation and analysis into one service. Manufacturers can share work orders and drawings, record labor time, output and defects, and monitor production progress in real time. Dashboards help analyze performance, while additional capabilities cover quality and inventory management, lot traceability, IoT equipment data and AI analysis. The platform supports digitizing factory workflows and improvement work.

Rist’s Japanese site presents AI services centered on computer vision and data analytics for manufacturing, life sciences, and social infrastructure. The company supports projects from image capture and imaging design through recognition-model development, hardware selection, deployment, and operations. Offerings include Deep Counter software for counting objects, predictive solutions for electricity demand and fuel consumption, anomaly detection, a predictive-maintenance AI agent, and generative AI for using internal documents. The site also features customer cases, technical blog articles, and Rist’s Kaggle activities.

Tokyo Shoko Research is a Japanese business-information company that researches and supplies data on companies in Japan and overseas. Its services support corporate credit checks, risk management, marketing, supplier oversight, and business development. The official site presents company-information products and data tools, reports on corporate failures, and TSR Data Insight analyses of economic and industry trends. It also provides access to overseas company information and data-management services.

KEYENCE's official site is a catalog of industrial automation and measurement products, including sensors, displacement meters, vision systems, PLCs, touch panels, barcode equipment, microscopes, measuring instruments, and marking devices. Product specifications and improvement examples help manufacturing engineers explore equipment for inspection, control, and process improvement.

PC Watch is a Japanese-language publication from Impress Corporation specializing in personal computers and technology. Its sections cover AI, gaming, business and work styles, custom-built PCs, mini PCs, personal streaming, Apple, and creator tools. Articles report on computers, accessories, processors and memory, mobile devices, and related services. The homepage combines recent stories with access rankings for several time periods, shopping deals, news briefs, and video. Readers can also find product reviews, practical explainers, recurring columns on the PC and semiconductor industries, and event reports. Series pages provide back issues, and the site links to an archive of articles dating back to 1996. PC Watch is a dedicated PC and hardware publication within the Impress Watch group, distinct from its broader portal and the sister publication INTERNET Watch, which focuses on internet topics.