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AEON CARD’s Japan site presents credit cards and member services issued by AEON Financial Service. Its catalog includes AEON Card Select and many other cards, with fee, benefit, network, selection, and application information. Card purchases earn WAON POINT, and AEON Group stores offer discounts and member perks such as cinema deals. The site describes AEON Pay as an app for mobile payments, checking points, and using coupons, distinct from WAON electronic money. Members can access statements and campaigns, while security, identity checks, FAQs, customer support, and business services are also covered.

WORLD ONLINE STORE is a Japanese fashion and lifestyle shopping site operated by WORLD Co., Ltd. Its departments cover women, men, kids and babies, life goods, lingerie, and cosmetics. Brands shown include UNTITLED, INDIVI, Reflect, OPAQUE.CLIP, SHOO・LA・RUE, TAKEO KIKUCHI, grove, and 212 KITCHEN STORE. The catalog includes clothing, shoes, bags, accessories, cosmetics, children’s products, and kitchen and household goods. Shoppers can browse by brand, category, new arrivals, rankings, or sale. The homepage displays prices in yen, campaigns, outfit ideas, staff posts, and WORLD MAGAZINE articles, with links to favorites, the cart, brand listings, and store search.

The Toho Bank’s official website explains financial services for personal and corporate customers and provides information about the bank. Personal offerings include account opening, the bank app and internet banking, deposits and investment trusts, insurance, inheritance and trust services, and housing or card loans. The site also covers debit and credit cards, Bank Pay and Kotora transfers, a smartphone passbook, branch and ATM search, and interest, exchange-rate, and fee information. Businesses can find corporate online banking, web-based foreign-remittance requests, electronic receivables services, and Toho Big Advance. Seminar and consultation information, FAQs, news, important notices, company details, and investor information are also available.

The Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA) is an independent conformity-assessment body that evaluates products, services, and management systems against applicable requirements. Its Japanese site covers ISO and JIS Mark certification; testing and certification for electrical products, medical devices, and automotive equipment; instrument calibration and metrology verification; materials testing; sustainability assurance; and robot-safety solutions. Visitors can browse information by sectors such as automotive, healthcare devices, electronics, aerospace, IT, construction, food, and logistics. JQA also lists ISO and measurement seminars, e-learning, on-site instruction, books, and learning materials. Scope, fees, and application requirements depend on the service, and the relevant service pages or quotation process provide those details.

Advanced Media develops products and services around AmiVoice speech-recognition AI for voice input, transcription, and voice operation across industries. Its Japanese site features VoXT One, a platform for meeting minutes; AmiVoice Cloud Platform, including speech-recognition APIs and developer tools; and AmiVoice Talk Mouse, which combines speech recognition with generative AI. It also lists solutions for contact centers, healthcare, local government, construction, and manufacturing, along with customer cases, technical information, news, seminars, and investor relations.

CyberAgent is a Japanese internet advertising and media company that operates ABEMA, a video-streaming service. It develops new businesses as the internet industry evolves. Its corporate information covers the company’s activities, news, technology projects that connect data science with business, and career opportunities.

The official site explains that the bank changed its name to Docomo SMTB Net Bank on August 3, 2026, and identifies its former name, Sumishin SBI Net Bank. It presents personal and corporate services including app-based account opening, yen and foreign-currency deposits, purpose-based accounts, loans, and securities-account links. The site describes app-based ATM access, Kotora transfers, d-point rewards through its Smart Program, Smart Authentication NEO, and transaction monitoring. Visitors can check rates, fees, campaigns, branch information, FAQs, support, and press releases. Account opening is available to customers who do not use Docomo services as well.

Ameba Blog (Ameblo) is Japan's blogging service within the Ameba platform. Users can start a blog for free and publish posts about daily life and personal interests; readers can browse public articles, rankings of official top bloggers, and popular posts. Blogs are organized into official genres such as parenting, fashion, pets, cooking, beauty, travel, food, interiors, and hobbies. The site also links to the Ameba smartphone app and Ameba Pick, a feature for including products in posts and earning rewards. An account is needed to publish.

Founded in 1909, the Japan Hotel Association is an industry organization representing hotels in Japan. Its website explains the association’s work and provides information about member hotels. The association promotes the hotel industry, service quality and workforce development, and addresses guest safety and wider responsibilities such as accessibility, environmental action and food-waste reduction. It publishes policy requests, hotel-industry statistics and management reference materials, and shares information about training, seminars and member services. Visitors can also browse details of member hotels and read HOTEL Review, the association’s online magazine.

The official Fast Retailing site presents the group behind brands including UNIQLO, GU, Theory, and PLST. Its group business pages describe these brands, list group stores, and share related news. Visitors can also find company information, business segments, investor relations, financial and monthly data, and stock information. Separate sections cover sustainability, corporate governance, and careers. This is a corporate portal for information about the group, its brands, and investors, not the group’s clothing checkout store.

Hokuto Bank’s official site presents products and online services for individuals, companies, and business owners. Personal information covers account opening, ordinary and time deposits, home, auto, and education loans, investment trusts, NISA, insurance, and inheritance-related services. The site also explains Mybank-Net, the Hokuto Bank app, and corporate internet banking as ways to complete banking tasks online or by smartphone. Visitors can search for branches and ATMs and access rates, fees, investment information, loan simulations, frequently asked questions, and contact details. Merger notices, regional activities, and life-planning information are available as well.

Nishika Inc. is a Japanese AI company that develops products and tailored solutions to improve business operations and help customers create additional value. Its official business page lists SecureMemo, an on-premises meeting-minutes tool designed for environments disconnected from external networks; SecureMemoCloud, a cloud service for meeting transcription and records; and AI Concierge, offline AI chat and retrieval-augmented generation software. Its solutions work includes private AI configured for closed or high-security environments, speech-recognition systems with speaker separation, speaker recognition, and multilingual translation, and on-premises AI agents that can use multiple tools. Nishika says it helps customers design AI-oriented business change and carry it through implementation and adoption in actual workplaces. Organizations can use the site to review its meeting-recording products and consultative development services for secure internal AI use.

Qiita is a Japanese knowledge-sharing community where engineers record and publish programming knowledge and development experience as articles. Readers can search posts, explore topic tags and rankings, browse questions, official columns, and event listings, and discover work by individual contributors and organizations. After signing in, users can follow people and tags, save useful posts to their stock list, and suggest edits. The site also links to related team, business, and engineering-career services.

ASCII.jp is a Japanese technology, culture, and business publication operated by Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories. Its official site organizes current coverage into topics such as AI, IoT, enterprise IT, digital devices, iPhone and Mac, PC building, audiovisual products, smartphones, cars, games, hobbies, and startups. Readers can find product news, hands-on reviews, practical guides, feature packages, columns, deal coverage, sponsored articles, and press releases, as well as past-article archives and readership rankings. The site also lists YouTube live programs from ASCII Channel, Weekly ASCII-related content, and its ASCII Club membership service. It is an editorial source for following Japanese IT products and the culture around them.

Tamahiyo is a Japanese pregnancy and parenting information service operated by Benesse. Its guides are organized by pregnancy stage and a baby's age, with articles on trying to conceive, pregnancy and birth, expert-reviewed health information, weaning foods, birth preparation, costs and procedures, maternity hospitals, baby names, and product reviews. The site's media policy says doctors or specialists review medical information and that advertising is distinguished from editorial content. Public articles and a free app provide information matched to pregnancy days or a child's age. The brand also links to magazines and books, an online shop, and a separate online salon, which are related commercial offerings.

TOKYO FM’s official website is a station portal for Japanese radio programs and listening information. Visitors can check the program timetable, see what is currently on air, and follow links to individual show pages and Radiko listening guidance. The homepage features station topics such as new programs, recommended shows, and Time Free catch-up content. It also links to TOKYO FM+ articles, program blogs, and podcasts, allowing listeners to explore written stories and audio content as well as broadcast schedules. A listening guide and the company’s copyright notice appear in the site navigation and footer. The site is useful for finding when a program airs, learning about a show, and locating the available ways to listen or discover related audio. It brings schedule information, station updates, program features, and podcast links together under TOKYO FM’s official web presence.

The official Nishi-Nippon City Bank website serves individuals, companies, sole proprietors, and the local community with banking and corporate information. Personal products include yen, time, and foreign-currency deposits, investment trusts, government bonds, loans, insurance, and inheritance or trust-related services. NCB Direct, the bank app, ATMs, transfers, debit and credit cards, and electronic payment options support everyday account use and payments. Business customers can find service and business-support information, while visitors can check branches, ATMs, rates, fees, FAQs, and appointment guidance. The site also covers the bank’s regional activities in Kyushu and Fukuoka, news, investor relations, and careers.

AEON Net Super is a Japanese grocery service that delivers food and other goods from the AEON store assigned to a customer's nearby address, with store pickup available at participating locations. Entering a postal code identifies the serving store and delivery fees, after which shoppers choose items, a delivery or pickup location, and a time. The service says fresh, chilled, and frozen products are transported in appropriate temperature conditions. Its information also describes WAON POINT for members, ordering around the clock, and possible same-day delivery. Product availability, fees, and pickup options vary by address and store, so the site asks customers to check their local service area.

Infocom is a Japanese IT company providing information systems and digital services for businesses, public organizations, and healthcare. Its official site organizes offerings across ERP, risk management, electronic documents, mobile services, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, AI, IoT, and big data. It also presents smartphone content services and solutions for medical organizations' digital transformation, with current updates covering corporate crisis management and sales-support systems for pharmaceutical companies.