The up-and-coming bicycle brand BOMA was established in 2006 by Japanese carbon fibre trading company ASK Trading. The Refale is a full carbon road bike developed by BOMA with the knowledge it has accumulated as a carbon fibre trading company. The company's parent company is a carbon fibre trading company, which means that high-grade carbon is used as the frame material, and the Refale is released as a mass-market model that delivers high performance. The Refale won the support of cycling enthusiasts as a model that combined agility, high stability, ride comfort, design and price at a high level.

Technology developed by Yamaha to model the human voice and perform the human voice as an electronic musical instrument. Vocaloid technology was made public by Yamaha and a variety of Vocaloid software was sold by various companies. In Japan, Vocaloid songs, illustrations and videos of secondary creation became so popular that they could be described as a social phenomenon, and the technology has come to be fully recognised as a part of Japanese culture.

A very popular vocaloid that reproduces the human voice on a computer, marketed by Clapton Future Media. She is characterised by her green hair and twin-tail hairstyle. Her voice is modelled by voice actress Saki Fujita. The songs sung by Hatsune Miku have become very popular and many derivative works such as videos and illustrations continue to be created. There are also some other Miku's that are based on the motif of spring, such as Sakura Miku, whose hair colour is pink, and winter Miku, whose hair colour is blue. There are also other versions such as Snow Miku, whose hair colour is blue and whose motif is winter.