BOMA is an up-and-coming bicycle brand established in 2006 by ASK TRADING, a Japanese carbon fiber trading company. The Refale is a full carbon road bike developed by BOMA with the knowledge it has accumulated as a carbon fiber trading company. The company's parent company is a carbon fiber trading company, and by using high-grade carbon as the frame material, Refale has been released as a mass-market model that offers high performance. The Refale was a model that won the support of bicycle enthusiasts for its combination of agility, stability, comfort, design, and affordability.

A technology developed by Yamaha Corporation that models the human voice and performs the human voice as an electronic musical instrument. Vocaloid technology was publicized by Yamaha, and a variety of Vocaloid software was released by various companies. In Japan, Vocaloid songs, illustrations, and videos have become a social phenomenon, and have gained full citizenship as a part of the Japanese culture.

Sold by Clapton Future Media The very popular Vocaloids reproduce the human voice on a computer. She has green hair and twin-tail hairstyle. The voice is modeled by voice actor Saki Fujita. The songs sung by Hatsune Miku have become very popular. Many derivative works, including videos and illustrations, continue to be created. There are other Miku's, Sakura Miku, whose motif is spring and whose hair color is pink, and Blue Miku, whose motif is winter and whose hair color is blue.