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Track approved public updates across the operated services·Last Updated: Aug 7, 2026 · 10:54 JST
SummaryThis release fixes several behind-the-scenes reliability issues in our internal operations tools. Our internal document review queue could previously appear empty even when documents were waiting for review; it now shows waiting documents correctly. Our internal account-recovery tools could fail to list certain recently-removed accounts; this has been corrected. We also fixed an issue where our refund verification process could incorrectly flag a legitimate refund request as a duplicate of itself, and we added an extra confirmation step before a refund is marked as completed to help prevent accidental submissions. Finally, we improved the reliability of our internal staff account management tools. Importantly, no billing rules, toll calculations, deposit amounts, permissions, or account policies were changed by this release.
- ImprovementExtra confirmation before completing a refund
Added an additional confirmation step before a refund is marked as completed, to help prevent accidental submissions.
- ImprovementStaff account management reliability
Improved the reliability of our internal staff account management tools.
- Bug FixDocument review queue visibility
Fixed an issue where the internal document review queue could show as empty even when documents were waiting for review.
- Bug FixAccount-recovery tool listing
Fixed an issue where certain recently-removed accounts weren't appearing correctly in our internal account-recovery tools.
- Bug FixRefund verification accuracy
Fixed an issue where our refund verification process could incorrectly flag a legitimate refund request as a duplicate of itself.
SummaryA few refinements landed today: a mobile display issue on the Japanese homepage is fixed, Japanese-language customer reviews for JapanTollReceipts now load more reliably, and the Customer Testimonials page gained a small 'last verified' indicator.
- ImprovementMobile display fix for Japanese product names on the homepage
On some phone screens, part of a product name could extend slightly past the edge of the screen when viewing the site in Japanese. That's now fixed — the homepage displays cleanly at every screen size in both languages.
- ImprovementMore reliable Japanese-language reviews for JapanTollReceipts
Japanese customer reviews for JapanTollReceipts now load more quickly and consistently. A quality safeguard also ensures every review shown on a Japanese page is a genuine Japanese-language review, not an English one shown by mistake.
- Improvement"Last verified" indicator added to Customer Testimonials
The Customer Testimonials page now shows the same small 'last verified' freshness indicator already used elsewhere on the site, so visitors can see at a glance how current the reviews are.
SummaryA focused round of usability improvements landed today: keyboard navigation now works smoothly from the very first click on every page, the full-screen photo viewer on Signboards pages is easier to navigate with Tab and Escape, and service pages load a touch more efficiently.
- ImprovementKeyboard navigation now works from the first click on any page
Visitors navigating with a keyboard (Tab key) previously had their focus skip past the top navigation on a fresh page load. That's fixed — focus now follows the expected order from the moment a page finishes loading.
- ImprovementSignboard photo viewer now supports full keyboard control
Opening a photo in the full-screen gallery on any Signboards page now moves focus into the viewer automatically, Tab cycles through the viewer's own controls, and closing it returns focus to the photo you started from.
- ImprovementService detail pages load a touch more efficiently
Behind-the-scenes tuning reduced an unnecessary extra background data fetch on the JapanETCcard and JapanTollReceipts service pages, so the customer-review section on those pages settles in a little faster.
SummaryThis release improves the reliability of viewing toll usage history behind the scenes. When looking at a very large period — such as a full billing month that covers a large batch of trips — the usage view could previously take too long and fail to load. Now the trip records load promptly and are always shown first; the running grand total is calculated separately and, for exceptionally large periods, simply shows as unavailable with a clear note rather than holding up the whole page. Normal and smaller date ranges are unaffected and continue to show exact totals instantly. Importantly, no billing rules, toll calculations, deposit amounts, permissions, or account policies were changed by this release.
- ImprovementToll usage history loads for large periods
Viewing a very large period of toll usage now returns the trip records promptly instead of timing out and failing to load.
- ImprovementBest-effort totals for huge periods
The running grand total is now calculated separately; for exceptionally large periods it shows as unavailable with a clear note so the records still load without delay.
SummaryThis release makes our public customer-growth analytics reports update promptly and stay consistent with each other. Previously, after new customer information was added behind the scenes, some analytics pages could briefly show older totals than others; now every report refreshes together within moments of a change, so the numbers you see always line up. We also added a clear 'Data last synced' time (shown in Japan Standard Time) right beneath the headline on the customer-growth and Okinawa reports, so you and your partners can see at a glance exactly how current the figures are. Importantly, no billing rules, toll calculations, deposit amounts, permissions, or account policies were changed by this release.
- ImprovementAnalytics refresh promptly after data changes
When new customer information is added behind the scenes, the public growth and regional analytics reports now refresh together within moments, so their totals always agree.
- Improvement'Data last synced' time on the reports
A clear last-synced time (in Japan Standard Time) now appears just beneath the headline on the customer-growth and Okinawa reports, so you can see how current the figures are.
SummaryThis release strengthens how we protect your personal information and makes our behind-the-scenes account imports more reliable. Newly imported customer records are now always stored using the same strong encryption we use for new sign-ups, and an import will safely stop with a clear, recoverable message rather than ever saving information unprotected. We also improved how imports recognise existing customers — so long-standing accounts and newly protected accounts are matched correctly and duplicates are prevented. Failed notification emails can now be safely retried, and file uploads fail more gracefully when storage is temporarily unavailable. A broader set of automated security and reliability tests now runs against the system. Importantly, no billing rules, toll calculations, deposit amounts, permissions, or account policies were changed by this release.
- ImprovementStronger protection for imported records
Customer information created through internal imports is now always stored using the same strong encryption used for new sign-ups, and is never saved unprotected.
- ImprovementImports fail safely instead of storing plaintext
If information protection is temporarily unavailable, an import stops with a clear, recoverable message and creates no partial records, instead of continuing.
- ImprovementMore accurate customer matching on import
Imports now reliably recognise both long-standing and newly protected accounts, so existing customers are updated correctly and duplicates are prevented.
- ImprovementRetry for failed notification emails
A notification that previously failed to send can now be safely re-sent, without the risk of accidental duplicates.
- ImprovementBroader automated testing
We added a wider suite of automated security and reliability tests, and made our test process more consistent and repeatable.
SummaryThis release focuses on reliability and safety behind the scenes. We made our internal Admin operations pages more dependable, so that a temporary connection hiccup can no longer be mistaken for an empty list or an 'all clear' result — instead you now see a clear local error message with a Retry option. We also improved sign-in and session-expiry handling, strengthened the protection of customer information in Admin responses, and hardened our AI assistant's validation and failure handling. A broader set of automated reliability and failure-recovery tests now runs against the system. Importantly, no customer billing rules, deposit amounts, toll calculations, permissions, or account policies were changed by this release.
- ImprovementAdmin pages don't show false 'empty' on errors
If a temporary connection problem prevents an Admin page from loading (Customers, Vehicles, Legal Acceptances, Onboarding, Cancellations, Chat, Support Tickets), it now shows a clear error message with a Retry button instead of an empty list or all-zero summary that could be mistaken for 'nothing to do'.
- ImprovementImproved sign-in & session handling
Expired or invalid sessions are handled more gracefully, redirecting to sign-in with a clear message instead of a blank screen.
- ImprovementStronger customer-information protection
Additional safeguards ensure customer information is only returned to authorised staff, and error responses never expose sensitive internal details.
- ImprovementSafer AI assistant
The internal Admin AI assistant now validates its results against real records and handles failures safely, so an incorrect suggestion cannot take effect on its own.
- ImprovementBroader automated testing
We added a wider suite of automated reliability, security and failure-recovery tests that run against the system.
SummaryA focused performance pass on the images used across our early-access and marketing pages. Header and banner photos now ship in a modern, far more compact format (with an automatic fallback for any older browser that needs it), cutting those images down by roughly 90% with no visible loss in quality. Banner images further down a page are also no longer downloaded until they actually scroll into view. Pages with these images now finish loading noticeably faster, especially on mobile connections. No customer action is required.
- ImprovementPhotos converted to a leaner format
Header and banner photos on early-access and marketing pages now ship in a modern, far more compact format, with an automatic fallback for any older browser that needs it. This shrinks those images by roughly 90% with no visible loss in quality.
- ImprovementBanner images load only when needed
Large banner images further down a page are no longer downloaded until they actually scroll into view, so the page above them is ready to use sooner.
SummaryLive Reporting now counts completed reports by individual ETC card. Daily, weekly, monthly, onboarding, historical backfill, and custom report activity is represented accurately, and the totals reconcile across both report type and how each report was triggered. Scheduled reliability stays focused on scheduled daily, weekly, and monthly reporting. Duplicate records and retries no longer inflate the totals, and any record that cannot be safely attributed to a specific report and ETC card is shown separately rather than estimated. Weekly and monthly reporting now includes stronger per-card operational tracking, and a brief recording interruption is visible to our team and repairable without ever resending your reports. Historical Live Reporting totals were corrected through improved aggregation only, without changing any historical customer data. No customer action is required.
- ImprovementReports counted per ETC card
Daily, weekly, and monthly Live Reporting now counts one completed report per ETC card, so a run that delivers to many cards is represented accurately instead of being under-counted.
- ImprovementTotals that reconcile
The headline total now reconciles exactly across report type (daily, weekly, monthly, onboarding, backfill, custom, and more) and how each report was triggered.
- ImprovementFocused scheduled-reliability view
The scheduled-reliability view stays focused on scheduled daily, weekly, and monthly reporting, so manual and one-off activity does not distort it.
- ImprovementNo inflated totals, nothing estimated
Duplicate records and retries no longer inflate the totals, and any record that cannot be confidently matched to a specific report and ETC card is shown separately rather than guessed.
- ImprovementResilient recording, never a resend
Weekly and monthly reporting now tracks each card more thoroughly. If recording is briefly interrupted, it is visible to our team and can be repaired safely — without ever resending your reports.
SummaryOur key legal pages now read fully in Japanese. The Terms of Service, the Customer User Agreement, the Road Operator Rules directory and the Specified Commercial Transactions disclosure are all available in natural Japanese, replacing the earlier "in preparation" notice. Company details, prices, deposit amounts, dates and official registration numbers are kept exactly the same as in the English versions. The Road Operator Rules page title and summary now also appear in Japanese when sharing the page. The main legal index remains "in preparation" until its remaining documents are fully translated and reviewed.
- New FeatureJapanese legal pages
The Terms of Service, Customer User Agreement, Road Operator Rules directory and Specified Commercial Transactions disclosure now display fully in Japanese, with all company details, prices and official numbers preserved exactly as in English.
- ImprovementJapanese page titles for sharing & search
The Road Operator Rules page now shows its title and summary in Japanese when shared or previewed, instead of English.
- Bug FixClear status for pages still in preparation
The main legal index and any documents not yet fully translated continue to show a clear Japanese "in preparation" notice instead of mixed English.
SummaryA reliability-focused release for first-time setup. We fixed a step in guided (AI-assisted) registration that could leave you stuck, made it easy to start over if setup ever stalls, and improved how your imported toll history appears on your dashboard. We also ran the full sign-up journey end to end on both desktop and mobile to make sure each step is clear, completes correctly, and recovers gracefully.
- ImprovementEasy “Start over” if setup ever stalls
If a registration step takes longer than expected or gets stuck, you can now clearly and safely start over from the website — with a confirmation first. Your account, registered cards, and reports are kept safe.
- ImprovementImported toll history shows clearly on your dashboard
Your initial historical import now appears distinctly as imported past usage, kept separate from your ongoing recurring activity so totals are easy to understand at a glance.
- ImprovementStronger privacy for your account data
Private account information is now explicitly marked never-to-cache, adding another layer of protection for your data in the browser.
- ImprovementFull sign-up journey tested on desktop and mobile
We verified the complete onboarding flow end to end — login, guided registration, confirmation, ETC card entry, recovery, and refresh/return — on both desktop and mobile, so each step is clear and dependable.
- Bug FixETC card step now shows the right form during guided setup
When our AI sets up your ETC利用照会サービス(MEISAI) connection for you, the card-registration step now shows the ETC card entry form directly — instead of asking for a MEISAI login you never created. Your connection details stay encrypted and are never shown on screen.
- Bug FixMore reliable retry after the image check
If the automated image verification doesn’t pass on the first try, “Try again” now reliably starts a fresh attempt — without incorrectly telling you to check your email when no email was sent.
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