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AIQ develops technology and services around its patented HUMANISE AI, which models individual interests, values, and lifestyles to create usable digital clones. The company’s site describes examples such as digital staff that reproduce a store employee’s service style, consumer-preference analysis for product planning, an AI clone owner that answers prospective homebuyers’ questions, and voice-based restaurant service. It also presents offerings linking marketing, digital transformation, and digital-clone applications, together with collaboration projects, company information, news, and careers.

QVC Japan is a Japanese shopping site that presents products alongside television shopping programs and lets visitors search by product or brand name. Its visible departments include beauty, fashion, accessories, health, jewelry, home, kitchen goods, food, and appliances. The homepage features items currently on air, new arrivals, special-value offers, and program-related collections, with product pages and purchase links. Visitors can also find the TV schedule, information about QVC online live shopping, and a guide for first-time shoppers. The site lists shopping guidance for shipping, delivery, returns, phone orders, and customer inquiries.

Sakura Cloud is a Japan-based cloud infrastructure service from Sakura Internet. Its catalog covers servers, disks, databases, object storage, networking, backup, security, and other components for business systems, managed through a control panel and APIs. The service highlights data centers in Tokyo and Ishikari, domestic data handling and regulatory alignment, and a pricing structure without usage-based data-transfer charges. The site also provides product specifications, customer cases, documentation, and technical support information.

FNN Prime Online is a news site for the 28 stations in Fuji Television's FNN network. Its navigation covers politics, society, business and the economy, international affairs, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, columns, and prefecture-based news. Readers can browse the latest stories, special features, and access rankings, as well as regional reports from FNN stations. The site also links to articles originating from television programs, profiles of reporters, and live broadcasts. A preparedness section called Sonaeru focuses on disaster readiness and risk reduction. The homepage includes search and links for registration and login, without suggesting that all articles require an account. The operator link leads to Fuji Television, and the copyright line names Fuji News Network, Inc. It is a portal for following national and local Japanese reporting from the Fuji TV-affiliated FNN station network, with both written stories and video coverage.

Senshu Ikeda Bank’s website provides services and information for personal customers, companies, and sole proprietors. Personal offerings include account opening, deposits, investment trusts, NISA, home, car, education, and free-purpose loans, plus insurance and inheritance services. The site describes its banking app, personal internet banking, debit cards, and cashless payment options. Visitors can search for branches and ATMs, book appointments, check rates and fees, and find FAQs and customer procedures. Business Gate, electronic banking for companies, news releases, and bank information are also available.

ITmedia is a Japanese information portal for IT and digital industries, operated by ITmedia Inc. Its network covers AI, enterprise technology, smartphones and communications, PCs, business, and developer and engineering topics through news, explainers, product coverage, and professional publications. The homepage features updated top stories, section-specific recent articles, and rankings, while linking to specialist media, blogs, RSS, and company announcements. It offers a broad view of technology and digital products for readers in Japan.

WingArc1st is a Japanese software company providing enterprise document and reporting products together with data infrastructure and analytics tools. Its official site features SVF for digital forms and documents, Dr.Sum for data management, MotionBoard for data applications and visualization, Trustee for digital trust, and dejiren AI. The company combines products and implementation support to help organizations ground AI outputs in reliable data and build repeatable business processes, with examples from manufacturing, finance, and public services.

Nihon M&A Center is a Japanese M&A intermediary serving companies considering a business or company sale, acquisition, succession, or growth strategy. Its website describes consultation for both sellers and buyers, matching with potential counterparties, company valuation, transaction negotiations and closing support, and post-deal integration assistance (PMI). Visitors can also explore deal information, industry-specific M&A trends, case studies, news, seminars, and FAQs. The published fee guide says initial consultation is free until a formal brokerage agreement is signed; after engagement, an upfront fee applies and a success fee is payable when a transaction closes. The site is a corporate advisory service, not a public exchange for trading company shares, and prospective clients should review the firm's current terms.

The official website of the Life Insurance Association of Japan is an industry portal for the association whose members include life insurers operating in Japan. It introduces the association, its member companies, and initiatives to improve business quality and promote customer-focused operations. Consumers can find guidance on the life-insurance policy inquiry system, consultation services, frequently asked questions, contracts, and insurance-benefit claims. The site publishes monthly life-insurance industry statistics, news releases, and publications, and offers financial and insurance learning resources and information about industry-wide examinations. Training programs for sales staff and agents, disaster-related special arrangements, and consumer alerts round out this official source for Japan’s life-insurance industry and policyholder support.

The official Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance website provides personal and business customers with information about non-life insurance, policy procedures, and claims support in Japan. Personal insurance pages cover motor, home fire and earthquake, accident, travel, and bicycle products, with details on coverage and ways to seek advice or a quotation. The site links to online motor-insurance quotations and applications, free online consultations, in-person appointments, and product-information requests. Policyholders can find guidance on reviewing policy details and making changes such as updating an address, as well as contact channels for accidents, disasters, and customer support. Business insurance, company information, news releases, notices, and fraud warnings round out the official portal for the Japanese insurer’s products and policyholder services.

MarkeZine is a Japanese advertising and marketing publication operated by Shoeisha, with a focus on digital topics. It publishes industry news, new and popular articles, interviews and case studies about company initiatives, research, special features, and serialized columns. Readers can browse by themes such as digital transformation, B2B marketing, social media, customer experience, and digital campaigns; the site also provides a marketing glossary and event information. Free registration unlocks past articles and access to a members-only email newsletter.

FRIDAY DIGITAL is the online news outlet for the Japanese weekly magazine FRIDAY, published by Kodansha. Its homepage features new stories, rankings, series, and special reports across entertainment, society and incidents, sports, and culture. Readers can also browse gravure photography, comics, and photo-led articles, and find information about the latest magazine issue, print retailers, and a digital page viewer. A linked FRIDAY subscription service offers paid member content such as videos, digital photo books, and magazine viewing, so the publication combines accessible web articles with a separate paid area.

Tohoku University’s Center for Data-driven Science and Artificial Intelligence is a university-wide collaborative education and research facility. Established in 2019, it advances education and research in mathematics, data science, and AI, develops digital teaching methods and learning environments, and aims to train professionals for data-driven and AI-enabled society. Its five divisions cover data science, AI education, digital education, data infrastructure and security, and core technologies. The center also researches and supports the digitalization of university education. Its official site provides information about the center and its staff, events, learning materials, online course and campus information systems, computing practice facilities, and service notices.

Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun DIGITAL is the official news site of Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun, focused on Miyazaki Prefecture. It combines prefectural and community reporting with domestic and international news and breaking updates. Its sections include Miyabiz for business, Miyaspo for sports, features and continuing series, columns, food and everyday life, and health and medicine. The homepage displays stories from towns and areas across the prefecture, student sports such as high-school baseball, other sports, local companies and the economy, food, and health topics. Readers can also find prefectural features, profiles, a children’s newspaper, visual news, book coverage, a photo contest, editorials, and contributed columns. The site carries domestic and overseas reports, breaking news, Oricon News and press releases, alongside brain-training and game content. Local weather and links for warnings, earthquakes, volcanic alerts, tsunami information, evacuation notices, linear rainbands, and river flooding provide disaster-related updates. Login, print-newspaper subscription, reader submissions, company information, and FAQs are also available; conditions should be checked for each item or service.

AISIN’s official corporate site presents its mobility products and energy solutions. Mobility components serve battery-electric, hybrid, fuel-cell, and engine-powered vehicles, with areas including drive systems, thermal management, brakes, steering, and parking assistance. Energy offerings include residential cogeneration, gas heat-pump air conditioning, Peltier modules, and hydrogen stations. The site also covers technology development, news, company information, sustainability, investor relations, and careers. Its Japanese portal helps visitors explore AISIN’s products, businesses, and corporate activities.

Shikyo Kabu Zenryoku Nikaiten is a Japanese-language blog about Japan’s stock market, companies, and notable current events. Its homepage lists recent posts and stories that are frequently reshared on social media. Topic archives cover securities and finance, investors, corporate IR and earnings, shareholder meetings, currencies and interest rates, IPOs, and market indexes. Posts provide editorial summaries of company announcements and market events, often accompanied by related quotations or reactions. The blog describes itself as introducing things that catch its attention, beginning with Japan’s stock market. It is best understood as a commentary blog about companies and financial news, rather than a trading service or an open forum where users create discussions. The checked articles were readable without signing in, and advertisements appeared on the page.

SHOPLIST is a Japan-focused online store for fashion and everyday goods. Its homepage links to women’s, men’s, and kids’ sections and displays clothing, shoes, bags, accessories, underwear, and sports and outdoor items. Other visible departments include colored contact lenses, cosmetics, skincare, beauty devices, smartphone accessories, bedding, storage, kitchen goods, stationery, and household necessities. Shoppers can browse categories or search for products; listings show brand names, prices, discounts, points, and free-shipping labels. The site also presents coupons, limited-time sales, and themed collections. A homepage notice advertises free shipping on orders of at least ¥3,980 including tax. Product availability, prices, and delivery terms should be checked on each item’s listing.

Cocolog is NIFTY's Japanese blog-publishing service and discovery portal. Its homepage says people using an @nifty connection service can open a blog for free and features recent posts, article and blog rankings, categories, and a points/affiliate program. The official plan table lists a 2 GB free tier and paid options from ¥275 to ¥1,320 per month including tax; storage, the number of blogs, advertising, and custom-domain features vary by plan. The same page states that new applications for Cocolog Free ended on April 20, 2022, so signup eligibility depends on a user's @nifty service status and chosen option. Public blogs can be browsed, while posting requires registration and login.

Web担当者Forum, also known as Webtan, is a Japanese B2B information publication operated by Impress Corporation for people responsible for corporate websites. Its practical coverage includes SEO, digital marketing and advertising, AI, social media, web analytics, site production and design, CMS, research and statistics, UX/CX, laws and standards, public relations, e-commerce, mobile, and email marketing. The site publishes news, how-to and explanatory articles, company cases and interviews, research data, columns, rankings, glossaries, comics, and event or seminar information. Readers can follow updates through its email newsletter, RSS feeds, and social channels. Its official About page says it launched in July 2006 to support in-house web staff; the media also advertises free seminars and paid courses.