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A collaboration event based on the anime NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE is heading to Yokohama Marine Tower from July 14 to 30, featuring newly drawn illustrations, a mystery rally, a special light-up, and limited goods and food.
GungHo Online Entertainment's free-to-play Nintendo Switch ninja gum action game Ninjala has surpassed 12 million cumulative downloads worldwide, marking six years since its June 2020 launch.
The mobile strategy game Nobunaga's Ambition Shinsen is set to launch its first PK season, 四雄怒涛, in late July 2026. Four Kanto warlords — Hojo, Takeda, Uesugi, and Satake — clash for regional dominance in a new chapter of the game.
The Ogori Tanabata Festa is set for July 5, 2026, at Aeon Ogori Shopping Center in Fukuoka, featuring live music performances, a street piano concert, Tanabata-themed goods sales, and a doll-making workshop. Participants for the workshop can register through June 30.
Merchandise from the Operation True Love POP UP SHOP, previously held at Diversity Tokyo Plaza 5F THEキャラSHOP, is now available for order through the THEキャラ online store until July 8, 2026.
Japan Guide Stars has launched a two-hour Osaka walking tour through Namba and Dotonbori, combining street food tastings, cultural commentary from an English-speaking guide, and a ride on the Tonbori River Cruise. Group bookings for up to 20 people are also accepted.
PASONA HARBOR STAGE, a permanent offshore art stage set on the sea along the east coast of Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, opens on July 17, 2026, with opera, ballet, dance, and taiko drumming performed against the backdrop of Osaka Bay.
Fair trade brand People Tree is expanding its popular yokan lineup with a new coffee flavor, blending organic coffee from Peru with muscovado sugar and specially cultivated Hokkaido azuki beans. Available from June 26, 2026, at the People Tree Jiyugaoka store, online shop, and nationwide retailers.
Perfect Space Curtain Hall, one of Japan's largest online curtain retailers, has launched a new Mexican category featuring a collaboration with Mexico City-based designer Ana Requena and a lineup of original designs inspired by Mexican culture and landscapes.
BLANC, a character from illustrator rurudo's doujinshi LOVEIT, is now available as a 1/6 scale completed figure from Pink Charm, sold exclusively at AmiAmi and select distributors. The figure features a fully swappable body to recreate the reverse bunny look, with a November 2026 release.
Saburoubei, the beloved Ishikawa restaurant chain with 75 years of history, is now offering an online-exclusive gift set featuring its signature all-purpose sauce and torikawa (braised chicken skin), ideal for summer gift-giving.
Seven-Eleven Japan has released the Seven Premium Rich Guava Cider (500ml), a tropical carbonated drink packed with intense guava flavor, now available at Seven-Eleven stores nationwide.