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AndaSeat Phantom 4 wins Gold at 2026 Tokyo Design Awards
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AndaSeat’s Phantom 4 earned a Gold award in the 2026 Tokyo Design Awards’ Furniture Design – Furniture Sets category, putting its auto-tracking lumbar system in the spotlight.
DeCarbon Tokyo 2026 adds buyer passes and new forum to draw more Japanese companies
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DeCarbon Tokyo 2026 will run Dec. 1-3, 2026, at Tokyo Marriott Hotel with a three-day agenda centered on emissions reduction, regulation and carbon removal.
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo brings back winter illumination with new mist and crystal display
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Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo will relaunch its Forest Aurora & Glimmering Dew winter garden illumination on Nov. 10, 2026, adding a new mist installation called Tokyo Sea of Clouds – YAKUMO – and about 300 crystals across its historic Tokyo garden.
Binance Pay users can now shop at PayPay merchants in Japan
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TBCASoft says Binance Pay will go live on September 29, 2026 across PayPay merchants in Japan, opening local QR-code payments to eligible overseas users.
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo brings back winter garden illumination with new mist display
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Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo will relaunch its winter garden illumination on November 10, 2026, adding a new mist installation called Tokyo Sea of Clouds – YAKUMO – and about 300 crystals across its historic central Tokyo garden.
XDemics, Sumitomo Bakelite strike Japan distribution deal
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XDemics has tapped Sumitomo Bakelite to distribute its Expansify high-density cell culture technology in Japan, expanding access for biotech, cell therapy and research customers.
Solaris Endovascular adds Japan and manufacturing leaders
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Solaris Endovascular named Eizo Nishimura as general manager for Japan and ZB Briseño Jr. as head of manufacturing as the Dallas-based medtech company pushes global expansion and commercialization.
DeCarbon Tokyo 2026 to bring 400-plus carbon market leaders to Japan
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DeCarbon Tokyo 2026 will gather more than 400 decision-makers in Tokyo from Dec. 1-3, 2026, as Japan’s GX-ETS moves into implementation and carbon markets, industrial decarbonization and carbon removal converge.
SV.LEAGUE to stage first official matches outside Japan in Bangkok
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SV.LEAGUE will bring regular-season matches to Bangkok on Oct. 10-11, marking the league’s first official games outside Japan.
Koike pushes Tokyo as a global city hub in New York
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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike used a July trip to New York to tout city-to-city cooperation on climate resilience and energy innovation while pitching Tokyo as a deeper global financial center.
Tokyo Relife Clinic-linked Goda Lab wins XPRIZE Healthspan milestone award
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Goda Lab, with Tokyo Relife Clinic participating through its endowed chair in cellular senescence control, was named one of 10 Milestone 2 Awardees in XPRIZE Healthspan on Sept. 25, 2026. The selection moves the team into clinical research aimed…
oneWheat launches free solitaire game tied to Japan-Korea travel
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oneWheat has released Solitaire World Tour, a free Klondike solitaire game for iOS and Android that turns card wins into plane tickets across 34 watercolor cities in Japan and Korea.
Uttar Pradesh Tourism spotlights Buddhist Circuit at Japan expo
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Uttar Pradesh Tourism used JATA Tourism Expo Japan 2026 in Tokyo to promote its Buddhist Circuit, pilgrimage sites and broader spiritual heritage to global travel buyers and industry partners.
QuiX Quantum taps TEI-C as exclusive Japan distributor
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QuiX Quantum named Tohoku Electronic Industrial as its authorized exclusive distributor in Japan, giving the photonic quantum computing company a local sales and support channel in a market that is pouring money into quantum technology.
Waseda University launches podcast episode on aging, AI and Japan's economy
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Waseda University released episode 2 of Season 3 of its English-language podcast on Sept. 24, 2026, focusing on how automation, inheritance and demographic change could shape Japan’s economic future.
ZKTeco USA names Stealth Networks exclusive Atlas distributor in Japan
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ZKTeco USA has tapped Stealth Networks as the exclusive distributor for Atlas access control panels and peripherals in Japan.
Tokyo sees first rise in births in a decade as marriage support expands
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Tokyo reported a 1.0% increase in births among Japanese residents in 2025, its first rise in 10 years, alongside a 4.0% jump in marriages for a second straight year.
Critter Guard publishes Japan outage tracker on animal-related grid disruptions
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Critter Guard has released a Japan power outage statistics and causes tracker that compiles animal-related incidents affecting electricity service, including outages tied to crows, a snake and a gecko.
YOKAI JAPAN opens second perfume shop in Kyoto’s Ichinenzaka
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TAIMATSU Co., Ltd. has opened the YOKAI JAPAN Kyoto Ichinenzaka Perfume Shop in Kyoto’s Higashiyama district, expanding the fragrance brand beyond its first Asakusa location.
WhoisXML API signs basic agreement with G-Search to expand in Japan
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WhoisXML API has signed a basic agreement with G-Search, a Fujitsu Group company, to explore a strategic collaboration in Japan.
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