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Infinite Loop is releasing Calculator - Desktop Mate Widgets, a digital calculator app and sister title to the desktop mascot platform Desktop Mate, on July 22, 2026, along with a Hatsune Miku DLC that adds new voice lines, themed designs, and a singing performance mode.
DMM GAMES has launched the "Summer! DMM GAMES Swimsuit Jack!! '26" campaign, running from July 14 to August 12, 2026, featuring a roulette offering a cumulative 1 million winners a chance at as much as 10,000 DMM Points, purchase coupons across 25-plus titles, and login bonuses spanning 28 participating games.
TOOTH TOOTH in Ebisu is offering a dinner-only "White Peach and Jasmine Parfait" for a limited time from Tuesday, July 14, 2026, layering white peach and jasmine flavors with tea pound cake and crumble for a cool, elegant summer dessert.
Ecute Omiya and Omiya North's second annual chili pepper fair runs July 21 to August 2, 2026, featuring 18 station-exclusive dishes made with 11 varieties of Saitama-grown chili pepper, including rare fresh domestic peppers and new chili-chocolate sweets.
KADOKAWA is launching The Eminence in Shadow Online Lottery Vol. 2 on its online lottery service Kujibikido, offering lavish prizes featuring beautiful color illustrations by original illustrator Tozai.
Esther Bunny, the popular character from Korea, is getting two new pouches — a bag-attachable Fluffy Face Pouch and a Fluffy Vanity Pouch — launching on July 21, 2026.
FamilyMart's first flagship store, FAMIMA PARK AZABUDAI in Tokyo, posted the company's highest-ever single-day sales on its July 10, 2026 opening. Starting July 14, the store's popular FAMIMA-branded character goods, apparel, and everyday items go on sale in limited quantities at about 16,400 FamilyMart stores nationwide.
On July 14, 2026, FARO, the innovative Italian restaurant on the 10th floor of the Tokyo Ginza Shiseido Building, joined the first installment of "Regenerative Gastronomy," a special dinner with sake brand IWA and Kitasanriku Factory built around the theme of regenerating the natural environment.
A pop-up shop for TV anime Fate/strange Fake, built around newly drawn glasses-themed illustrations, is set to open at Bushiroad Creative Store Akihabara Honten from July 24 to August 9, 2026, offering a lineup of new merchandise.
From July 16, 2026, fragrance brand FERNANDA Japan is bringing back its popular "Pink Grapefruit Collection" in a limited run of 15 items, with kabosu peel oil from Oita Prefecture accentuating the citrus scent.
French restaurant FOURGRAINS at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Tokyo's Iidabashi neighborhood introduces a new autumn menu from September 1 to October 31, 2026, featuring an "instant smoke" technique finished just before serving and a dish comparing loin and leg cuts of Ezo venison, paired with about 120 wines, mainly from France.
From July 14 online and July 31 at stores nationwide, Francfranc is introducing a "Home Cinema" series featuring oversized mugs, a popcorn case, a microwave popcorn maker, and retro-style resin tableware designed to bring a movie-theater feel home this summer.