What has changed on this site — apps added, wording corrected, display improved — recorded by the day it happened. Release dates for the apps themselves will be announced on each product page once decided.
New columns cover earthquake preparedness, the Nankai Trough advisory, fixing furniture and seismic breakers, what to check after the November 8 quake, choosing emergency supplies, winter power cuts and snow, bath accidents and house fires, staying in touch, stockpiling, saving power and heating. There is also a checklist you can tick off, a true-or-false quiz, and topic pages for winter and earthquake preparedness.
See the checklist →Song pages for “ヲモイヲモワレ (Omoi Omoware)” and “Body talk” are up, along with the music video “まだない写真” and 15 shorts.
See the music →From starting MiyabiBase on YouTube in January 2022 to the first single in August 2026, in a few lines.
See About →A single entry point for columns, topic pages, a timeline of what is new, the glossary and quizzes. The timeline and latest list grow with every new column.
Go to APOUL Media →Consulting is now open, and the product list, APOUL ANSER VOICE’s data handling and APOUL Device Guard’s sharing feature now match the current details. Outdated or overstated wording in columns and the glossary has also been corrected.
See the products →Some SUZURI prices had changed, so the sweatshirt and hoodie prices now show the prices as of November 7, 2026.
See the goods →The five ANSER VOICE screens have been retaken with the current version (the bar of short replies now fits on one line). Pass Note now also shows its lock screen: nothing is shown until you unlock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode, at launch and when you come back to the app. All use made-up sample data.
See APOUL Pass Note →Five screens from the Mac app: adding documents, checking extracted fields next to the original, a cross-check that flags figures that do not add up, a warning when an invoice matches one read before, and exporting originals named by date, partner and amount. All documents shown are made-up samples. The page now also says that extracted fields (issuer, dates, amounts and so on) can be corrected in the app.
See APOUL OCR Reader →The app page now says how Pass Note keeps your data, in line with the app and its revised privacy policy: it locks with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode, stores passwords and card details encrypted on your device only, leaves them out of device backups, and always encrypts the backups you export.
See APOUL Pass Note →The app pages now show sample screens: five for ANSER VOICE (Yes and No, the kana board, phrases for each scene, conversation captions and more), three iPhone screens for Clipboard (pinned items, locked notes) and four for Calendar (the month view, plan details and more) and four for Pass Note (hidden passwords, notes and an encrypted backup). All use made-up sample data.
See APOUL ANSER VOICE →In the section on what is sent, the list of each feature, where its data goes and what is sent was showing as raw symbols. It is now a proper table. The content has not changed.
Privacy policy →Both now match the app’s latest text. “Full scan from a backup” is now called “check in detail with a Mac backup”. Because of how iOS works, no app can scan a whole iPhone (other apps or iOS itself); the app checks only the places and files you choose, the records iOS exports and a backup you choose. The privacy policy and the product page FAQ now say so.
Privacy policy →Both documents now match the app’s latest text (revised November 6, 2026): passwords, card details, memos and notes are stored encrypted, with a key that can be taken out only after Face ID, Touch ID or the device passcode; removing the device passcode makes the saved data unreadable. Both documents are in Japanese.
Privacy policy (Japanese) →The apps page now has a search box that finds apps by name, description, purpose or device. “Pick by purpose” is regrouped into eleven purposes covering all 34 apps, and works together with the search. Every app now shows its icon, and the APOUL Multi-Remote page shows sample screens from the Mac app. Out-of-date app counts on the English pages are fixed too.
See all apps →Questions now use a five-step scale instead of two choices, including “in between”. Picking an answer moves you on, and a reload picks up where you left off. Result pages are split into chapters — personality, strengths and weak spots, daily life, relationships, love, work and study, recharging, common questions and compatibility — with a table of contents that follows you down the page. Product pages now show each app’s icon, and APOUL Explorer and Media Viewer show sample screens.
Take the quiz →New product pages for apps in development: APOUL PASHU, Auth, Rename, Clinic Note, Oshi, Invoice, Continuity, Document Hub, Labor Check, Image and TextBook Local. All are being prepared for release; each page shows what the app can do.
See all apps →Ten new columns on recent news, each setting out what changed and what to check: a shared robots.txt signal for opting out of AI training, AI in attacks, a PHP flaw now being exploited, the SCS security rating scheme, where to turn after unauthorised access, the proposed cut in consumption tax on food, the November campaign against pushing overwork onto suppliers, new-graduate turnover, the earthquake early warning drill, and 5G standalone with the draft MVNO guideline. All are checked against official primary sources.
See the columns →New product pages for apps in development: APOUL QR Safety (a QR reader that checks where a link goes before opening it), APOUL Media Viewer (open and sort your own photos and videos), APOUL Multi-Remote (one keyboard and mouse for a Mac and a Windows PC) and APOUL Explorer (file management on the Mac). The APOUL Device Guard page now shows sample screens.
See all apps →Both documents on this site now match the app’s latest text (revised November 5, 2026): saved data is not included in device backups (iCloud or a computer), exported backup files are always encrypted with a password, and copied items are not passed to your other devices. To move to a new device, export a backup from the app. Both documents are in Japanese.
Privacy policy (Japanese) →On the MiyabiBase YouTube page, the upload dates we pass to search engines now state that they are in Japan time, following a Google Search Console notice. Nothing changes on the page itself.
See the YouTube page →The MiyabiBase AI single My Life (released October 27, 2:22) now has its own song page, and it is on the music page. It plays on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube Music.
See the song →A new MiyabiBase AI song, Six seconds, released as a YouTube Short on October 28, now has its own song page.
See the song →The MiyabiBase AI single YOU LOOK DIFFERENT NOW (released October 28, 2:53) now has its own song page, and it is on the music page. It plays on Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See the song →The MiyabiBase AI single Good morning (released October 26, 2:10) now has its own song page, and it is on the music page. It plays on Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music. The page links to each.
See the song →An app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that lets you check suspicious texts, links, QR codes and phone numbers before opening them, and pause before a password goes to a page that looks fake. The product page and privacy policy are now up; the release date will be announced.
See the product →Now that the app shows no ads, its privacy policy (ads and tracking) and terms of use (paid plan, free trial, what happens after cancelling) on this site match the app’s latest text. The product page has been updated too. Both documents are in Japanese.
Privacy policy (Japanese) →The “Go deeper” section on all 16 cat result pages now adds a day in the life, how to get closer (what they appreciate and find hard), days off, messaging habits, how they learn, close cousins, and common questions. The two match cards now line up too.
See the quiz →New pages for each of the four crews (what they share, strengths, relationships, work and their four cats), a closer look at the four axes (each side, everyday signs and how opposites get along), and a checker: pick two cats to see how they might get on in love, at work and at home.
Try the checker →Each of the 16 cat result pages now has a deeper read: how the cat thinks, everyday habits, typical phrases, strengths and weaknesses, love, friends, family, careers, life at work, and compatibility in love, work and marriage — which cats click and which take more care, with tips.
See the quiz →The type list in the Nekokabu cat quiz now groups the 16 cats into four colour-coded crews by the first two axes (closeness and how feelings come out): the Cuddly Crew, the Quiet Companions, the Free Spirits and the Solo Thinkers.
See the quiz →New columns on the eMudhra certificate authority key problem (based on Google’s announcement), exploited flaws in plugins and products small Japanese companies use (JVN, JPCERT/CC, IPA), and malicious package versions that steal keys on install (GMO Flatt Security’s analyses). Columns and song pages now have share buttons, and the glossary has 20 new terms such as certificate authority, CVE and malicious app.
See the columns →The home page, the MiyabiBase pages and every song page now link to MiyabiBase AI’s artist pages on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. The Read & play menu has more to explore, including popular columns and topics, and columns have share buttons at the top too.
See the music →Kotae Sagashi came out as a single on October 24. It has a new song page and is in the singles section and the banner, with links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See the song →When an AI answer points you to a fake shop (based on a Fukuoka Prefectural Police warning), emails posing as the National Tax Agency or points programmes that get Android users to install malicious apps (Council of Anti-Phishing Japan), and what to do when a service tells you your data leaked (National Police Agency and others). Part of the series “Getting ready for AI and cyber attacks”.
See the columns →What changes in the December 2026 year-end adjustment in Japan (basic deduction, employment income deduction, dependant income limits), checked against the National Tax Agency guide; and the serious fixes in Node.js, Next.js, React, PHP and Python in October plus the LiteLLM package compromise, with five questions to ask whoever builds your site or app.
See the columns →Señorita came out as a single on October 23. It has a new song page and is in the singles section and the banner, with links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See Señorita →Contigo came out as a single on October 22. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See Contigo →BREAK THE FRAME came out as a single on October 21. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See BREAK THE FRAME →Which words to look for first in operating system and app update notices, why to hurry when a flaw is reported as being exploited, and rules that keep a company from putting updates off, based on public information from IPA, JVN and CISA. Part of the series “Getting ready for AI and cyber attacks”.
Read the column →How much admin and accounting work AI can take on, the work people still need to check, what a webhook is, backup versus archive, and what to check before upgrading your phone.
See the columns →On phones, the table of contents in columns now starts open, the thin lines at the edges of the article are gone, and buttons and tabs no longer flicker when tapped.
See the columns →Low Light (released on streaming services as “Light Low”) came out as a single on October 20. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See Low Light →The home page now shows how many columns, glossary terms, original songs, YouTube videos and news updates the site has. The figures are counted automatically each time the site is updated; we do not count visitors.
See the home page →Terms from recent columns are now in the glossary, including zero-click attacks, redaction, URL shorteners, CSP, low-cost SIMs, no service and best effort, with English definitions for the security, web and mobile terms. Terms in the columns link to their definitions.
See the glossary →A column on AdFection, which targets device vulnerabilities through ad delivery: what published research has confirmed, and what individuals and organisations can do — updating the OS and browser, limiting ads and tracking, and DNS protection. Part of the series “Getting ready for AI and cyber attacks”.
Read the column →Don't make me go home yet, first released as a YouTube Short, came out as a single on October 19. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page now links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See the song →SHADOW came out as a single on October 18. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See SHADOW →Astro came out as a single on October 17. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See Astro →Amanojaku na Watashi came out as a single on October 16. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See the song →A new series, “Phones and mobile lines: what to check when something goes wrong”: a lost phone, no signal, a SIM that is not detected, how far 3GB, 10GB and 30GB go, why low-cost SIMs slow down at busy times, and seven criteria for choosing a plan. Plus two IT basics: authentication versus authorisation, and character encodings (UTF-8 and Shift_JIS).
See the series →BREAK OUT came out as a single on October 15. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See BREAK OUT →The seventh Refloria Town live stream is now in the stream archive and on the YouTube page.
See the archive →Nice Try came out as a single on October 14. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See Nice Try →The sixth Refloria Town live stream is now in the stream archive and on the YouTube page.
See the archive →The column page is now a blog-style list, newest first. Filter it by category, start with twelve and use “Show more” for the rest. “Good places to start” now shows three introductory columns chosen at random each visit, sections that repeated the same columns have been merged, and the reading orders and series are now cards that open to show their columns.
See the columns →On phones, the label "Software and systems" in the diagram on the Japanese home page was spilling out of a card. It now wraps inside it.
See the home page →Copyright claims, unlisted versus private, Shorts views and engaged views, reading YouTube Studio, disclosing AI-made videos, adjusting recommendations, missing notifications and blurry new uploads — what to check, and in what order, based on YouTube's own help pages.
See all eight →Checking your own website after a run of unauthorised access in Japan, backups and restore tests against ransomware, putting company documents into AI, AI agent permissions, and prompt injection — what to ask the people and providers responsible, checked against official material from JPCERT/CC, IPA and OWASP.
See all five →What happens to data when you delete an app, which storage is actually full, blacked-out PDFs, QR codes, free apps, asking AI, the latest version of a shared file, work notifications, why more tools do not mean less work, and data after cancelling a subscription. Each is written so that, without technical background, you finish with one thing to check, with a figure and a checklist.
See all ten →Every app page now has a “Terms and policies” section in the app card at the top, with links to the privacy policy and terms of use for each device — iPhone and iPad, Mac, and Windows. Apps without terms yet say they will be linked there at release. The page listing every app’s terms and policies can be reached from this section and from the Support menu. The small links at the very bottom of each app page have moved into this section.
See all terms and policies →NO PRICE came out as a single on October 13. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See NO PRICE →The Clipboard privacy policy now lists in detail what Google’s advertising service may collect in the free version, and how to change tracking. The terms of use for the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows versions were also updated, including how changes to the terms are announced.
See the privacy policy →ALiBI (October 10), Audio Collection (October 11) and MELT MODE (October 12) came out as singles. They are in the singles section and the banner, and each song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See MELT MODE →The Clipboard page now says that one purchase covers both iPhone and iPad, and that syncing between devices is not available yet but is planned for Pro in a future version at no extra charge. The terms of use for the iPhone, iPad and Mac versions were updated to match.
See Clipboard →The first episode of the new Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon EVERY BUDDY! series is now in the stream archive and on the YouTube page.
See the archive →Mada, Futaribun came out as a single on October 9. It is in the singles section and the banner, and its song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See the song →Fixed song pages (all 82) and some goods pages failing to load the site settings, which left the contact details out. Also fixed an empty “second closest type” box showing on the Nyabi work quiz results, and tightened the space at the bottom of the consulting and product pages.
See the songs →Body talk (October 7) and the Short Good morning (October 5) now have their own song pages. That makes 82 songs.
See Body talk →Low Battery, Your Tempo, Paper Boats and Summer Love came out as singles between October 5 and 8. They are in the singles section and the banner, and each song page links to Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube Music.
See Summer Love →The October 7 live stream of Broforce is now in the stream archive and on the YouTube page.
See the archive →This site’s privacy policy now has an operator section (name, address, email, and a phone number disclosed on request). The About page and the FAQ now say that APOUL is the trade name of a business run by one person, with the seller details in the commercial transactions notice, which now also covers the consulting service opening on November 1.
Read the privacy policy →The terms of use and privacy policies for APOUL Clipboard (iPhone and iPad, Mac, Windows) and APOUL Calendar now include an operator section: name, address, email, and a phone number disclosed on request. The text matches what is in the apps.
See terms and policies →The seller, address and contact details, and the terms for payment, availability, cancellation and returns, as Japanese law requires. Prices and system requirements for each product will be added here and shown on the purchase screen when sales begin; nothing is on sale yet.
Read the notice →Video cards across the site — Recent videos on the top page, Picked videos on MiyabiBase, the lists on the YouTube page — now link to a page on this site as well as to YouTube: songs to their song page (lyrics, streaming links, details), live streams to their place in the stream archive, and the Nyabi intro to the Nyabi page. The video title links there too.
See the YouTube page →The MiyabiBase AI song 手の届く場所, released on YouTube on October 5, now has its own page. That makes 80 songs.
See the song →The song pages for 語彙不足, Half of mine, RED, 衛星から見た君, 双子座, わがままでいて, Happy Halloween!, Happy Birthday! and 鍵閉めるよ now link to YouTube Music as well.
See the songs →The development pages for Clipboard and PDF Split now match how the apps actually work: Clipboard takes copies into its history while the app is open, and PDF Split runs on Windows and Mac and includes merging.
See the projects →鍵閉めるよ (October 3) and 放課後ぼっち。 (October 4) are now out as singles. They are in the singles section and in the banner on the top pages, and each song page links to Apple Music and the iTunes Store.
See 放課後ぼっち。 →The Japanese privacy policy dropped its analytics section on September 26, since this site does not run any. The English version now says the same: no analytics and no cookies.
Read the privacy policy →Nine MiyabiBase AI songs released on YouTube between September 27 and October 2 now have their own song pages: If..., ユメノツヅキ, コエノカタチ, Happy Halloween!, 赤墨の囁き and Happy Birthday!, plus the Shorts Contigo, Sorry and YOU LOOK DIFFERENT NOW. That makes 79 songs.
See the songs →Half of mine, RED, 衛星から見た君, 双子座, わがままでいて, Happy Halloween! and Happy Birthday! came out as singles between September 26 and October 2. They are in the singles section, and each song page links to Apple Music and the iTunes Store. Other services will be added once checked.
See Happy Birthday! →Refloria Town day 5, BUCKSHOT ROULETTE and ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN are now in the stream archive and on the YouTube page.
See the archive →From October to January, the top page points to the year-end adjustment column and three related ones (withholding, resident tax and bonuses), just before the columns section.
Read the column →Both songs released on September 26 now have their full lyrics on the song pages. BREAK THE FRAME is the full track; Don't make me go home yet is a Short.
See BREAK THE FRAME →Four new MiyabiBase AI songs are on the site: BREAK THE FRAME (September 26) with the Short Don't make me go home yet, and Astro (September 25) with the Short Good day, Bad day. Each has its own song page with the YouTube video. That makes 70 songs.
See BREAK THE FRAME →Less empty space between sections and right under the header, so there is less to scroll on phones and computers. Japanese headings now break between words instead of leaving one word alone on the last line. On phones the round buttons at the screen edges are a little smaller and YouTube Shorts sit two to a row. Also fixed: overlapping text in the SUZURI card on the top page, and a product slider that counted 17 when there are 18 products.
Go to the top page →The column home page has been rebuilt as a place to look things up rather than a list of cards. One search box covers both the columns and the glossary, the articles are grouped into six categories — AI and technology, phones and mobile, IT basics, working better, back office, and people and work — and each category has its own page. The AI and phone pages include a learning path to read in order. Article addresses have not changed.
Go to the columns →A new category explains phone contracts and mobile data from the basics, so readers can decide for themselves: SIM cards, eSIMs, MNOs and MVNOs, low-cost SIM plans and keeping your number when switching (MNP). The rules were checked against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and each article shows when. None of them recommends a carrier. Four AI articles (how generative AI writes, RAG, AI agents, AI versus RPA) and two IT basics (CSV, APIs) are also new.
Phones and mobile →Each column now opens with “What you will learn”, the table of contents folds away on phones, and the text column is narrower and larger. At the end there is one “Read next” article and up to four related ones. Technical terms link to the glossary the first time they appear.
See an example →Term pages now exist for 23 basic words (AI, LLM, RAG, API, CSV, SIM, eSIM, MNP and more), each with a 30-second summary, a fuller explanation, where it is used, examples and common mix-ups, plus the columns that use it. 35 phone and mobile terms were added, making 1,040 in all.
See the example (SIM, Japanese) →Product pages, MiyabiBase pages and the FAQ on the Japanese site have had repeated points, jargon and outdated wording tidied, and the FAQ counts have been brought up to date.
See the FAQ (Japanese) →A new MiyabiBase AI single, 3:04, out on September 25. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages, and the song page — lyrics included — links to Apple Music. The full track and a Short have been on YouTube since September 6.
See the song →Net Meme “Really? Right Now?” (Web edition) plays differently now. Instead of choosing the reply that fits a situation, you see the scene with the net meme blanked out (“???”) and guess which of four cards it was. A correct guess scores 100, a miss 0, and a run of correct answers earns a bonus. The answer screen fills in the blank and explains why your pick fits or does not. The CPU matches and streaming mode work the same way; the party mode is now “Guess together”, where everyone secretly answers the same question (judge mode has been removed). About 200 prompts, in English and Japanese. Earlier score records do not carry over.
Play the game →The three song pages now link to YouTube Music alongside Apple Music. The “Lyrics” line in each song’s details now reads “on this page” — the lyrics sit above the table, not below it.
See HALF A YES →The column on year-end adjustment has been checked against five National Tax Agency documents: how the adjustment is done, who it covers, the FY2025 and FY2026 reforms, and the 2026 withholding tables. Everything in it matched. One line was added: from the 2027 tax year, the NTA notes, a special defence income tax is withheld alongside income tax and the reconstruction surtax. Next review: end of January 2027.
Read the column →The English glossary now carries every term in the Security and Cloud, web and networks sections, translated from the Japanese, on top of the 36 core terms tied to the columns. As in Japanese, a term mentioned inside another entry links to its own.
Go to the glossary →On the Japanese side there is a new ten-question quiz: read a definition, pick the term from four choices drawn from the same field. Answers stay on your device.
Try the quiz (Japanese) →On the music page, the search box now matches words inside the lyrics as well as titles. The lyrics index loads only once you start typing, so the page stays light.
Go to the music page →News in Japanese (/feed.xml), News in English (/en/feed.xml) and MiyabiBase AI music (/miyabibase/music/feed.xml) are now RSS feeds, so a feed reader can pick up new posts and songs automatically.
English news feed →Above the column list there are now three reading orders — attendance and payroll, going paperless, and security for a small company — each six existing columns arranged so that every next one is easier to follow.
See the reading orders →Net Meme “Really? Right Now?” has sixteen new prompts for the year end, New Year and winter — New Year cards, office parties, the first sunrise, lucky bags, the first day back at work. They mix into the usual rounds, in both languages.
Play the game →When an address is mistyped or a page no longer exists, Nyabi now says a word and points you to the product list, the sitemap and other places to go. Same in Japanese.
See the screen →The Nyabi page now opens with Nyabi’s first-appearance intro video from the MiyabiBase YouTube channel (published July 9, 2025, in Japanese); press the thumbnail to play it on the page. The Nekokabu quiz banner that used to come first now sits after the introduction, before the goods.
Go to the Nyabi page →On each song page, the list of other songs from the same month (or around the same time) now puts the release date on its own line under the title, instead of wherever it happened to fit.
Go to the music page →On a phone, the sky picture on each result page was cropped into a tall frame, so only one side of it showed. It now appears in full, with the type name and description below it. Nothing changes on a computer.
Go to Work Weather →Two new songs published on YouTube on September 24 are now on the music page, each with its own song page: Low Light, about a couple on the night of a quarrel, and the Short MILK & BREAD, about the quiet everyday love of two people who have been together a long time. Both song pages include the lyrics.
Go to Low Light →Terms mentioned inside a glossary entry now link to their own entries; on a computer, point at one to see its meaning. Each entry has a “Copy link” button and the search box can be reached with the / key. At the end of each column, a new box lists the glossary terms used in it.
Go to the glossary →The stream archive page has been rebuilt. The top section, which still showed four picks from July, now has the newest streams and the current series (Refloria Town, MIYACRA, Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A, Super Mario Bros. Wonder); press a thumbnail to play it on the page. The full list below is split by month and shows each game and episode number. It updates itself as new streams go up.
Go to the stream archive →On the MiyabiBase home page, the news list has moved further down the page. The painted colours in the header are stronger again, and the sections below now carry a light watercolour wash too.
Go to MiyabiBase →Ten new columns for small and mid-sized companies short of hands: new hires who do not stay, seasonal peaks, work only one veteran can do, sudden vacancies, rising overtime, older workers and working parents, and the difference between worker dispatch and service contracts. Each is written from the side of dividing up the work and keeping attendance and handover records. Legal figures were checked against Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare materials, listed at the end of each column. The series is also gathered on the home page and at the top of the column list.
See the series →The privacy policy and terms of use for the Windows version of APOUL Clipboard are now on this site (in Japanese). All product terms and policies are listed on one page, linked from the bottom of every page.
See the list →A new MiyabiBase AI single, 3:59, out on September 24. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages, and the song page — lyrics included — links to Apple Music.
See the song →An original game planned and made by APOUL. The Web edition of this text-only game: pick the internet-slang reply that fits each situation best. Play the Daily 10 on your own, take on three CPU characters with different personalities, pass one device around for 2–4 players, or switch to the streaming layout. It is available in English and Japanese, and streaming, clips and monetization are all welcome.
Play →The home page now runs in a clearer order for first-time visitors: what the two sides are, then the APOUL apps, then things to play (the game and the quiz), then MiyabiBase — music, videos and goods — followed by columns and news.
Go to the home page →Below the music strip on the home page, Net Meme “Really? Right Now?” (Web edition) now has its own introduction, with a sample of the game screen: a situation, four cards and how well each one fits.
Go to the home page →On each song page, the song details are now a compact table: when it came out on streaming services and how long it is, when it was posted on YouTube, whether the lyrics are printed, and who made it. For songs with lyrics, the table links straight down to them.
See the music →On wide screens, the FOLLOW label on the left (links to our social accounts) now sits on the same white tag as the PICK UP label on the right.
Go to the home page →On wide screens, the PICK UP label on the right now sits on a white tag, so it stays readable over the dark red of the MiyabiBase pages too.
Go to MiyabiBase →On the Japanese glossary, the top page now lists every term in alphabetical order, with a search box that narrows the list as you type (hiragana works too). The category buttons still browse by category, and the old all-terms address leads to the top.
See the Japanese glossary →The privacy policy and terms of use for APOUL ANSER VOICE are now on this site — the same text as in the app. All product terms and policies are listed on one page, linked from the bottom of every page.
See the list →A new MiyabiBase AI single, 2:27, out on September 23. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages, and the song page links to Apple Music.
See the song →The column on the Subcontract Act becoming the Toritekiho now reads as it should after the law took effect on 1 January 2026. The checklist for companies that have not reviewed their practices yet is still there.
Read the column →On Nekokabu result pages, the cat you click with and the one you may clash with now appear just below your result, with a small menu for the rest of the page. News and updates now also appear on the MiyabiBase home page.
Take the quiz →The Nekokabu cat quiz, the Work Weather quiz and Nyabi’s Work Quiz have all been updated. Each result page now has a “More about you” section, the questions have been reviewed and extended (28 for Nekokabu and Work Weather, 30 for the Work Quiz), and a new Three quizzes page shows your results side by side, kept on your device only.
See the three quizzes →A new MiyabiBase AI single, 4:07, out on September 21. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages, and the song page links to Apple Music and Spotify.
See the song →BREAK OUT, LAST SCENE, and the Shorts Make a way and 天邪鬼な私 (Amanojaku na Watashi), all published on YouTube, are now on the music page, each with its own song page.
See the music page →The lyrics for LAST SCENE, Make a way and 天邪鬼な私 (Amanojaku na Watashi), all released on September 23, are now on their song pages.
See the song →The lyrics for OFF RECORD, NO PRICE, HALF A YES, ここにいるから (Koko ni Iru Kara), 月曜日、君に会えるから (Getsuyobi, Kimi ni Aeru Kara), KING, Call my name, BREAK OUT, ねことヴぁんぱいあ (Neko to Vampire), 街を鳴らせ (Machi o Narase), MELT MODE, ALiBI, CHECKPOINT, Your Tempo, まだ、二人分 (Mada, Futaribun), 鍵閉めるよ (Kagi Shimeru yo), Nice Try, RE:PLAY, あと１機！ (Ato Ikki!) and SHARK MODE, and for the new single EASY LIKE THAT, are now up. Every MiyabiBase AI song page now has its lyrics.
See the music page →The four songs with English-only lyrics — Paper Boats, Cereal at 2AM, Slow Water and Low Battery — now have a Japanese translation on their Japanese song pages.
See the song (Japanese page) →The September 22 live stream, a first playthrough of the open-world game Animo (#01), is now in the stream archive. Eleven earlier streams (Minecraft, PUBG, League of Legends and more) that were listed as videos have moved there too, making 31 in all.
See the archive →The terms of use for APOUL Pass Note are now on this site (in Japanese), and its privacy policy now matches the latest text in the app.
See the list →The terms of use and privacy policy for APOUL Calendar are now on this site too — the same text as in the app.
See the list →The terms of use for the iPhone and iPad app, and the privacy policy and terms of use for the Mac app, are now on this site. All of them are listed on one page, linked from the bottom of every page.
See the list →Each of the sixteen skies in the Work Weather quiz — Clear Sky, Lightning, Rainbow, Aurora and the rest — now has its own picture, on the result pages, in the list of types, and in the images shown when a result is shared.
Take the quiz →Every one of the sixteen Nekokabu cats — Tsundere Cat, Boss Cat, Night Owl Cat and the rest — now has its own illustration, on the result pages, in the images shown when a result is shared, and on the quiz front page.
Take the quiz →The blue button at the top right said three different things depending on the page — and went to three different places. It is now APOUL HUB everywhere. The number of products (18) is consistent across the site, APOUL HUB shows the real icons for the three newest products, and the site guide now finds APOUL Sign, Process and SiteSnap from what you would type.
See APOUL HUB →A single stroke over a ruled line on sky blue — the signature box of a contract, used as the mark. It now appears wherever APOUL Sign is listed.
See APOUL Sign →A service for the single-page website a small shop needs: place the parts, drag them into order, publish. A check before publishing, photos made lighter on your own device, a QR code for the address, earlier versions you can go back to, and a passkey sign-in — all in the browser. It is in preparation; price, release date and supported systems are not decided.
See APOUL SiteSnap →APOUL Process carries a job from the order through quoting, stock, manufacturing, purchasing, delivery and invoicing in one flow, on your own computer. APOUL Sign is a cloud service for contracts: drafting, internal approval, sending, verifying the signer, electronic signature, the record and the search that comes after. Both are in preparation; price, release date and supported systems are not decided. That makes seventeen products in preparation.
See the products →A new symbol and a new wordmark: a white A on gold, and the name set in a sans-serif with only the O in the brand gold. The mark at the top of the page, the browser tab, the icon on a phone home screen and the image shown when a page is shared have all been switched over. MiyabiBase keeps its own red world.
About APOUL →The same thing was being said in several ways across the site — release timing, price, distribution, supported systems. They now all read the same way: announced once decided. The small label on each product card carries the same information in Japanese and English. Nothing about the products themselves has changed.
See the products →Every row in the About, Read & play, MiyabiBase and Support menus now carries an icon, so where a link goes is clear at a glance. They are drawn in the same style as the ones on APOUL HUB, and the Products menu keeps the real app icons — one visual language across the site.
See the sitemap →The mark at the top of the page, the small picture in the browser tab, the icon saved to a phone home screen and the image shown when a page is shared have all been replaced. APOUL is a white A on gold; MiyabiBase is a white M with cat ears on red.
About APOUL →On the product pages and the product list, the box holding an app icon could be squeezed vertically, and the picture was cut off top and bottom. The box no longer shrinks, and if it ever does, the icon is fitted rather than cropped.
See a product page →The app has a new icon, and the site now shows it: the R with a speech bubble. It has been swapped in everywhere Relay appears — the product page, the product list, the menu and APOUL HUB.
See APOUL Relay →From 1 January 2026 Japan's Subcontract Act is renamed and widened. Headcount joins capital as a test of who is covered, promissory-note payment is prohibited, and deciding a price without the discussion the supplier asked for is prohibited. The column lays out the four duties and the eleven prohibitions in tables, from both sides of the order, and lists the Fair Trade Commission and SME Agency sources it was checked against. The glossary gains the terms that come with it.
Read the column →Things you can press looked different from page to page. They now follow four shapes by role: the main button (46px tall, rounded), the small link (40px tall, rounded — the header, the product chips, jumps within a page), the round chip for filters and switches, and the round label for states such as “In preparation”. The mark inside a button follows where it goes: right to move on, left to go back, down to jump within the page, and a diagonal arrow to leave the site — over 900 of them. Icon sizes now use three steps as well. Nothing in the wording has changed.
See the products →APOUL is said “Apōru” — アポール in Japanese — and the About page and the FAQ now say so. What APOUL builds is written out in full as well: local apps for Windows and Mac, apps for iPhone and iPad, cloud and web services, and small systems for a single workplace. What can finish on the device or inside the company is kept there; what needs sharing or syncing goes to the cloud.
About APOUL →The About page now opens with the facts in one list — what APOUL does, how its businesses divide, where the 17 products stand, how it connects to MiyabiBase, and how to get in touch — followed by twelve questions and answers, from “Is APOUL a company?” to “Can I buy the apps today?”. They are also gathered on the FAQ page. The page reads in a better order too: the businesses and the work come before the name and APOUL LCC, and the products, consulting and contact pages are one tap away at the foot of the page. So that search engines and AI assistants read it correctly, the page now carries structured data and the machine-readable guide at /llms.txt has been rebuilt from the site itself.
About APOUL →The Japanese glossary now has a page that lists every term in Japanese syllabary order, with a box that filters by term, reading or category. The search box on the glossary top page covers all 1,000 terms as before.
See the glossary →All 17 product pages were checked against the current state of each app and updated. APOUL ANSER VOICE is now described as what it is — an app that reads chosen words aloud for people who find speaking difficult. Relay adds friends by QR code, Clipboard organises with pinned items and titles, and Calendar, Mail Box, PDF Split, KINTAI and others list features that now exist. The supported devices of ANSER VOICE, Calendar, Pass Note and OCR Reader are now shown. All app icons have the same rounded shape, without white borders.
See the products →All 44 columns and the payroll, HR and documents sections of the glossary were checked against primary sources and corrected where needed — for example the FY2026 tax reform that applies from the December 2026 year-end adjustment, the child and child-rearing support levy collected from April 2026, the conditions for keeping employment records on a computer, and paid leave for part-time staff. The English columns now match the Japanese.
See the columns →The song pages for Slow Water, 普遍的俯瞰, Summer First Love and OVER THE CROWN now link to every service they are on: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes Store, YouTube Music and Amazon Music.
See the song →The site guide Iris can now answer questions that are in our FAQ, and finds the quizzes, the glossary, the columns, the consulting page and the newest products. On phones, PICK UP now shows as a column of round thumbnails above the guide button, as on a computer: tap once to see the title, again to open it.
See the FAQ →The three newest products now show their own app icons instead of a placeholder letter, on the product pages, the product list, the menu and everywhere else products are listed.
See the products →Every list of products on the site — the product page, the menu, the footer, the sitemap and APOUL HUB — is now in alphabetical order, and every list that says fifteen now shows all seventeen. The Products menu is a single alphabetical grid, and longer menus are laid out in two columns so they fit on the screen.
See the products →APOUL Verify Studio checks files and documents before you send them, and APOUL Audit Studio compares this period’s Excel or CSV exports with the last. Both are desktop apps in preparation; price, release date and supported systems will be announced once decided.
See the products →A new MiyabiBase AI single, 2:08, out on September 20. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages, and the song page now has the streaming link.
See the song →On the MIYABI15 page, choosing a design in the design archive — or Standard and Tropical in the collection — now shows the right image. Before, the white bottle stayed on screen whichever you picked.
See MIYABI15 →In Japanese, “wearing a cat” means hiding your true self. Answer 20 quick questions to find which of 16 cats you are hiding under — Tsundere Cat, Boss Cat, Night Owl Cat and more — with a four-letter code like LHBV, what you are like with friends and in love, and the cats you match best. Guided by Nyabi; your answers never leave your device.
Take the quiz →What kind of work might suit you? Rate 24 activities — enjoy, neutral or not really — to find which of six work types you are: Maker, Investigator, Artist, Helper, Leader or Organiser, with jobs that might suit you. If you have taken Nekokabu, you also get a line combining your cat with your work type. Your answers never leave your device.
Take the quiz →The Japanese glossary has grown from 36 to 1,000 terms and now reads like a dictionary: 12 categories, each in Japanese syllabary order, with a search box that covers every term. The English glossary keeps the 36 core terms that link to our columns.
See the glossary →The menu at the top now opens into five sections — About, Products (all 17, in alphabetical order), Read and play, MiyabiBase and Support — and the footer is now a detailed sitemap listing every product and section. The grey bands between sections are gone, replaced by a lighter background with soft washes of colour.
See the sitemap →Next to the language switch at the top right, every APOUL page now has a MiyabiBase link and every MiyabiBase page an APOUL link, so you can move between the two sites in one click — on phones too.
Visit MiyabiBase →The menu at the top of the MiyabiBase pages is now split into Watch and listen, Nyabi, Play and About, with the latest singles shown under Watch and listen. We also fixed menus that could stay stuck open: on a computer they close when the pointer moves away, and on a phone the page behind stays still until you tap outside the menu.
Visit MiyabiBase →The MiyabiBase News and posts page now shows the four latest YouTube videos and every MiyabiBase change — songs, lyrics, Nyabi, goods and more — by date.
See news and posts →What is the sky of the way you work? Answer 20 quick either-or questions to find out which of 16 skies you are — Clear Sky, Lightning, Rainbow, Aurora and more. It is an original APOUL quiz, just for fun; every result has its own page to share, and your answers never leave your device.
Take the quiz →The questions answered on the product, support, contact and MIYABI15 pages — 51 of them — are now gathered on one searchable page, each group linking back to its source. The answers match the original pages.
See the FAQ →Short explanations of 36 terms from the columns — withholding tax, year-end adjustment, OCR, WAF, multi-factor authentication, backup and more — grouped by topic and searchable, each linking to the column that covers it in depth.
See the glossary →How to choose between the cloud and desktop version of APOUL E-File for storing invoices and receipts, based on how many people check the documents and whether you need a record of who did what.
Read the column →What changes when paid-leave balances are tracked separately from attendance records versus inside the attendance system itself, from application through to approval.
Read the column →Switch between the white Standard package and pink Tropical, browse a five-design archive of what was tried along the way, read the brand journal and an FAQ. The "See MIYABI15" link on the APOUL A&J page is now a proper button, easier to tap.
See MIYABI15 →Every column now has a table of contents, a short summary, numbered sections, a reading time and an updated date, plus links from the text to related columns. Three columns also have explanatory diagrams.
See the columns →Videos of singles that are out on music services now show a “Streaming” mark on the YouTube page too. A line in the lyrics of 衛星から見た君 was also corrected.
See the YouTube page →The two desks, what to write, what happens after you send it, and what not to send. “Write an email” opens your mail app with a subject and a short template already filled in.
See the page →The payroll process, base pay and allowances, allowances and social insurance, overtime, deductions for lateness and absence, bonuses, cut-off and payday, resident tax, income tax withholding and year-end adjustment. Each was checked against primary sources, and shows the date it was checked and the sources used.
See the columns →Keeps invoices, receipts and other transaction documents searchable by date, partner and amount, in two forms: a cloud version a team shares in the browser on Windows or Mac, and a desktop version that keeps everything on one computer (Mac today, Windows in preparation). It is in preparation; the release date and price will be announced once decided.
See the product →APOUL Clipboard runs on iPhone and iPad (iOS / iPadOS 17 or later). APOUL PDF Split runs on Windows and Mac (macOS 10.15 or later), and APOUL Shortcut Studio on Windows and Mac (macOS 11 or later). All three are still in preparation; release dates and prices will be on each product page once decided.
See the products →All 19 live streams published on YouTube are now listed by date. The start-here page and the MiyabiBase about page now point at the music as well.
See the archive →Both song pages now include the lyrics in the original language.
See the song →The song list can be narrowed by streaming, full, short or with lyrics, and searched by title.
See the songs →APOUL will take questions about how work is organised and how digital tools are set up. It opens on November 1, 2026. The page says what is in scope, how it goes, and what we will not take on.
See the page →What the app handles and how it is protected: clipboard access, the widget and keyboard extension, ads in the free version, and backups.
Read the policy →The pages for APOUL Calendar, APOUL Clipboard and APOUL Pass Note now say that the free version shows ads, that paid use does not, and what is sent for advertising.
See the products →On the column index, tapping a category shows only those columns. No new pages, no new URLs.
See the columns →The top page, the product pages, support and the about page now link to the columns that match them. The PICK UP rail carries a column too.
See the columns →The streaming links and the cover art have been removed from the song page and the singles list. The song page and its lyrics stay up.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics in the original language.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics in the original language.
See the song →The single is out on streaming, and the song page now includes the lyrics.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics. The title listed as Low Buttery is now spelled Low Battery, and the page URL is unchanged.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics.
See the song →The single is out on streaming, and the song page now includes the lyrics in the original language.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics, in the original language.
See the song →Original songs by MiyabiBase AI, both released as full tracks. They are on the music list and each has its own page.
See the music →OVER THE CROWN, 普遍的俯瞰 and Summer First Love are now on music services. The song pages carry the streaming links and the cover art.
See the singles →Formerly 双子座の君. The page URL is unchanged.
See the song →What the app handles and how it is protected: data kept on the device, ads in the free version, and how backups are encrypted.
Read the policy →Practical notes on working better, electronic records and OCR, file management, security, cloud and local, AI and accessibility — thirty pieces, in Japanese and English.
Read the columns →Enquiries for APOUL now go to apoul.lcc@gmail.com. The MiyabiBase address is unchanged.
Contact →The About page now explains what the name APOUL stands for, and APOUL LCC (Life Connect Cloud): a way of connecting life, work, people and data from both the cloud and your own device.
About APOUL →APOUL now has its own links: X (@MIYABI_APOULLcc) and Instagram (@miyabi_apoul and @apoul_lcc). They appear on APOUL pages and in APOUL HUB. The MiyabiBase Instagram link has been updated to @miyabibase_i.
APOUL HUB →Buttons for X and Instagram now stay within reach on every page: APOUL pages show the APOUL accounts and MiyabiBase pages show the MiyabiBase accounts. They sit on the left on wide screens and at the bottom left on phones and smaller screens, and also appear in the footer and the phone menu.
MiyabiBase HUB →Each page now suggests a few others, such as new songs and singles, goods or the products page, chosen to suit the page you are on. They sit on the right on wide screens and at the bottom of the page on phones.
See the music →Small links and buttons are now large enough to tap comfortably, and the smallest text has been made easier to read. The top of the YouTube page now matches the other pages.
YouTube page →An original song by MiyabiBase AI, released as a short. It is on the music list with its own page, lyrics included in the original language.
See the song →The song page now includes the lyrics, in the original language.
See the song →MiyabiBase on Instagram (@miyabibase_i) is now linked from MiyabiBase HUB and APOUL HUB.
MiyabiBase HUB →Seven original songs by MiyabiBase AI: 明日、君に会えないと, 金木犀が香る頃, わがままでいて, Good Day, Good Life, 衛星から見た君, アフタヌーンティー and 双子座の君. 明日、君に会えないと is a short and the other six are full tracks. Each has its own page, with the lyrics in the original language.
See the music →The guide in the corner of every page now takes free text. Type what you are looking for and Iris finds the closest pages on this site. Iris is not an AI, and what you type never leaves your browser.
How we handle it →The song page now plays the video that was uploaded again on YouTube.
See the song →The seventh MiyabiBase AI single, 4:25. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages.
See the song →Every MiyabiBase AI song now has its own English page, with the video, streaming links for the singles, and lyrics where they are published. Lyrics stay in their original language.
See all songs →The sixth MiyabiBase AI single, 3:38. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages.
See the music →Original songs by MiyabiBase AI, both released as full tracks. Both are on the music list and each has its own page.
See the music →Original songs by MiyabiBase AI. RED is a full track and Lean a Little is a short. Both are on the music list and each has its own page.
See the music →A beauty brand that brings together the sound of miyabi (elegance) and the playfulness of ichigo (strawberry). A strawberry shampoo is the first idea and it is in planning. The package image on the page is a concept.
See MIYABI15 →The APOUL business for clothing and beauty. It is working on MIYABI15, a strawberry beauty brand. In preparation.
See APOUL A&J →A messaging app built so you can reach someone without handing over a phone number. It is in preparation; the release date, the price and the supported systems are all undecided.
Product page →The fifth MiyabiBase AI single, 3:50. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages.
Music page →APOUL and MiyabiBase oppose all war and wish for peace throughout the world. We have published what we think about peace as a statement, in Japanese, English and Korean. It is also reachable from the top of this site and from the MiyabiBase front page.
Read the statement →The fourth MiyabiBase AI single, 4:18. It is on the music page and in the banner on the top pages.
Music page →The guide in the corner of every page now has a name and a face. Iris works on the Japanese, English and Korean pages alike, opens with the peace statement and the news, and points you to a page from a word or two. What you type is matched against a fixed list of words and never leaves your browser.
How we handle it →Thirty-five images had no size set, so text moved while they loaded. The circles on the home page were drifting off centre. Eight pages had descriptions too short to say much, and they have been rewritten from what the pages actually contain.
The music side now has its own page: the singles currently on streaming services, plus the music videos and vertical shorts on YouTube.
Music page →Every one of the 36 Japanese pages has an English counterpart under /en/. The header on each page switches between them, and hreflang tells search engines which pages correspond.
English sitemap →The eleven product pages had been sharing one phrasing. Each now says what that particular app does, in its title, its description and its structured data.
Products →The SUZURI shop now carries apparel alongside the stickers and acrylic stands — eleven items across the three designs. The site said six; it now says eleven, and the top pages carry a goods banner.
Goods →Three designs — Nyabi sitting flat, Smug Nyabi and Nyabi waving — as stickers and acrylic stands, six items at the time, through the SUZURI shop.
Goods →A desktop mail client built around checking recipients before you send. That brings the number of apps in preparation to eleven.
Mail Box →All twelve apps now show their actual icon across the product list, the product pages, APOUL HUB and the sitemap.
Products →Headings moved to Shippori Mincho, and the MiyabiBase pages moved to red, yellow, pink and purple. Readability was checked on every page.
Wording that did not match the implementation was withdrawn, and the use of an external AI service for processing documents is now stated plainly.
OCR Reader →An app that turns long videos into vertical shorts.
Shortcut Studio →Regular videos, shorts and live streams are now separated, with an archive to browse.
YouTube →APOUL and MiyabiBase now have different contact addresses.
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