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The official au Jibun Bank website explains account opening, products, and banking procedures for an online bank focused mainly on personal customers. Its product range includes yen and time deposits, foreign-currency deposits, FX, investment trusts, securities connections, robo-advisory, and iDeCo. The app supports balance checks and transfers, while the site also describes smartphone ATM access, internet banking, au PAY connections, and a mobile debit card. Other sections cover home and card loans, insurance, electronic-money top-ups, payment services for public sporting competitions, rates, fees, and customer support. The bank brings together online savings, payments, investing, and borrowing, with additional pages for business customers and corporate information.

Super Sports Xebio is an official Japanese online store selling sporting goods. Shoppers can search by keyword or browse by sport, category, brand, sale, and coupon. The site also links to specialty shops for Victoria Golf, L-Breath outdoor products, and Victoria surf and snow goods. Store features include account login, favorites, browsing history, a shopping cart, and store search. Shopping guidance, frequently asked questions, contact options, and campaign listings provide information about products and locations.

NovelUp+ is a Japanese web-fiction platform where anyone can publish novels and read publicly posted works. Members can post stories and support works with comments and stamps, while authors can receive contribution points. Readers can search stories, browse genre categories, rankings and recommendations, and explore new or updated works, series and reviews. A shop offers items used to support works. The service also runs writing contests, some of which provide opportunities for publication. Its optional paid Novepass has reader, author and supporter plans, with benefits that vary by plan, such as hiding ads or expanding reading history.

SmartNews’s official Japanese website introduces its mobile news app and explains its features and setup. The page describes channels for news, weather, coupons, entertainment, and local information, along with interest-based topics such as sports, food, travel, and hobbies. It explains that users can add, remove, and rearrange channel tabs to shape the app around their interests. Weather features described include a rain-cloud radar and live-camera map, while the local-information section covers community and disaster updates. The site links directly to the App Store and Google Play and provides a how-to-use guide, FAQ, and support resources. It is therefore an official product-information and download page for the SmartNews app, rather than the app’s full news-reading interface in a desktop browser. Visitors can learn what the app offers and where to install it.

This is the Japanese-language portal of Japan’s Ministry of the Environment. It organizes policy information on air and vehicle issues, the global environment and climate change, local decarbonization, water, soil and marine protection, resource circulation, chemicals, nature, and biodiversity. The homepage features topics such as heatstroke prevention, national parks, climate science, and renewable energy, alongside notices and press releases. Visitors can also find procurement and tender information, public-comment notices, laws and procedures, white papers and statistics, and links to ministry organizations. The public information is available without charge; requirements and deadlines for individual administrative procedures should be checked on their respective pages.

Sankei News is the Japanese-language online news site associated with the Sankei Shimbun. Its homepage organizes coverage into sections including breaking news, rankings, politics, world affairs, society, business, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, opinion, and events. Readers can also find special features, serialized columns, regional reporting, videos, editorials, and regular commentary such as Sankei Shō and Seiron. The current page lists recent articles with publication times, and some stories are explicitly marked as paid-member articles. The site provides registration and login links and separates member-only coverage from publicly accessible stories, so access conditions vary by article. It is a single destination for Japanese national news, political and economic reporting, editorials, local stories, and lifestyle or cultural coverage from Sankei.

The official GMO Aozora Net Bank website organizes account opening and services for companies, sole proprietors, and personal customers. Business customers can find transfer-receipt accounts, business debit cards, loans, multi-account management, fees, and ATM information. Personal sections cover yen and foreign-currency deposits, FX, transfers and scheduled transfers, debit cards, ATMs, rates, and fees. The site also presents BaaS and bank API services that let companies embed banking functions in their own offerings, along with developer resources and use cases. Account guidance, help, company information, news, and security notices are available as well.

Rakuten Furusato Nozei is a service within Japan's Rakuten marketplace for finding municipalities and local thank-you gifts and applying to make hometown tax donations. Users can browse by municipality, region, donation amount, gift category such as food, appliances, daily goods, travel vouchers, and tickets, as well as rankings and featured collections. The site lists municipal gifts, crowdfunding for local projects, and donation pages supporting areas affected by disasters. A simulator estimates a donation limit, while guides explain the program and application procedures and provide information about donation records and next steps. It is a portal for municipal donations, regional gifts, and community support initiatives, distinct from ordinary Rakuten shops that sell products at regular retail prices.

AEON’s official corporate site introduces the businesses and company information of the AEON Group, whose operations center on retail. Its business pages cover supermarkets, general merchandise stores, discount stores, health and wellness, financial services, specialty retail and services, property development, and international operations. The site links to group companies and store information, news releases, investor relations, careers, and sustainability. It also describes initiatives involving the environment, local communities, and employees, alongside corporate policies and information. This is a corporate portal for AEON and its group, not a single online shop for placing orders.

BASE is a Japan-focused ecommerce platform that helps businesses and individual shop owners create and operate their own online stores. Its setup flow covers adding products, choosing a shop design, and preparing the store for launch, with tools for online sales, payments, and shop operations. The home page presents Standard and Growth plans and explains initial and monthly costs as well as fees on sales so sellers can compare the available models. Features include lottery and pre-order sales, social media connections, and anonymous delivery, alongside directories for apps and shop designs, case studies, and a developer API. The site provides shop setup, sign-in, help, FAQs, and contact information; it is a tool for launching a seller’s own storefront rather than a single marketplace for buying from many shops.

Sannichi Eye is the digital news site of Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun in Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture. Its homepage has sections for society, economy, politics and administration, local news, sports, culture and daily life, entertainment, safety, obituaries, personnel, series and opinion, plus explanatory features. Tabs separate Yamanashi reporting, domestic and international coverage, and original stories; municipal links help readers browse local news. The page links to weather for central and western Yamanashi and the eastern/Fuji Five Lakes area, news rankings, and safety information. Sports coverage includes Ventforet Kofu and high-school baseball; video news and a Mount Fuji live camera are also featured. Series include a column by Makita Sports, interviews about Yamanashi’s economy, recipes with prefectural cooks, a local daily schedule, and reader poems. Links provide digital-edition registration, a newspaper-page viewer, print and digital subscription information, article saving, My News email, reader submissions, and photo services. Some headlines are marked “digital edition limited”; the homepage gives no universal price or access rule. It brings together municipal and prefectural news, national and international stories, sports, culture, and daily-life topics, with access to the paper’s digital services.

Finatext is a Japanese fintech company that helps financial institutions and non-financial businesses modernize their operations through technology. Its official product page lists Inspire, an insurance business platform covering quotations, applications, underwriting, policy administration, claims, and renewals, and Crest, a credit platform for the workflows and applications required to run lending services. Recent company announcements describe Crest-powered consumer loan applications surpassing 300,000 and a trial of an AI system that assists insurance representatives during online consultations.

The Asahi Shimbun is a Japanese digital newspaper covering national society, politics and business, international affairs, sports, technology and science, culture, daily life, education, health and regional news. Readers can follow breaking stories, editorials, opinion pieces, series and special reports, as well as photo and video coverage and news rankings. The site also offers morning and evening newspaper page viewers and digital subscription plans.

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) is an industry association representing 14 Japanese manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles. Founded in 1967, it works to support the sound development of the automobile industry and related sectors, promote a sustainable economy and mobility society, and address social issues. Its website provides research on vehicle production, distribution, trade, and use; industry data; policy and sector activities; and publications. Visitors can read the annual Motor Industry of Japan overview, market studies on passenger cars, mini-vehicles, trucks, and motorcycles, and JAMA Magazine, which reports on member manufacturers, association activities, industry developments, and automotive events.

Modelpress is a Japanese news publication covering entertainment and lifestyle, with content designed to be useful to women. Its editorial team conducts its own reporting, photography, and writing, and publishes entertainment news, interviews focused on notable people, and reader-facing ranking projects. Articles and photos cover public figures’ activities and comments as well as topics attracting audience attention, helping readers understand the context behind current stories and the perspectives of the people involved. The publication serves people who follow entertainment news and readers interested in everyday life, lifestyle, and trends, with a particular focus on women.

Hatena Blog is a Japanese blogging service from Hatena with a free plan for creating and publishing posts. Its homepage features editor-selected articles, weekly popularity rankings, and topic pages. The editor can embed photos, products, videos, and restaurant information, while themes and modules let writers customize a blog's design. It supports visual and Markdown editing; the smartphone app offers posting, editing, traffic analytics, comment management, and offline drafts. Optional Pro plans, paid articles and subscriptions, and private-visibility settings are also available.

Kyocera’s official Japanese site presents products and services for individual and business customers, alongside corporate information. Its catalogue covers fine ceramics and materials, electronic components and modules, displays and optical parts, printers and communications equipment, cutting and power tools, robotics, energy management, and business solutions. Visitors can also explore company and product news, research and development, new technologies, smart-city initiatives, intellectual property, investor relations, and sustainability information.

Kanpo Life’s official site presents Japan Post Group life insurance and services for policyholders, businesses, and prospective customers. Products include whole-life, endowment, term, education, longevity-support insurance, and supplementary coverage, with tools to explore options and estimate premiums. Customers can use My Page or the app to review contracts, change addresses, and submit benefit claims. People considering insurance can seek advice at post offices, online, or through local offices, request brochures, and read about required documents and insurance basics. The site also provides company and sustainability information, announcements, disaster procedures, and warnings about scams and suspicious messages in Japan.

The official SBI Securities website provides online brokerage services and investing information for individual investors. It presents Japanese and overseas stocks, investment trusts, bonds, foreign-exchange trading, and NISA and iDeCo accounts. Links lead to account opening and online trading, while related banking and insurance services are also introduced. Visitors can find market data, investment reports, IPO and PO information, campaigns, seminars, and an investing media section. FAQs, customer support, company information, and notices about fees, risks, and security are available as well.