【ASA Distribution】AERA February 16, 2026 Issue｜【ASA配送】AERA 2026年2月16日号
AERA February 16, 2026 Issue
Price: ¥650 (tax included)
Cover: Fumiya Takahashi ● Actor
Release Date: February 9, 2026
Feature
Wanting to Be Gentler
On Location
Well-being × AI
Companies Roll Out AI for Productivity Boosts
Just Stand on the Bath Mat for 3 Seconds After Bathing / AI Advice Means No Pressure / Live Here and Your Mind and Body Will Balance
People
Sustainable Support with AI
A Tokyo University Startup Aims to Be Like "Baymax" / Interview with Happiness Studies Expert Takashi Maeno
Technology
Stress Assessment in 3 Seconds of Speech
AI Analyzes Vocal Cord Vibrations to Visualize Mental Health / Addressing Employee Retention Needs / AI Also Addresses Women's Concerns
Economy
How Long Will the Egg Shock Last?
Interview
The Rose of Versailles in the University Entrance Exam: Interview with Riyoko Ikeda
"All my thoughts are voiced by Oscar" / An era where "women who can't bear children aren't real women" was commonplace
Corporate
Rohto Pharmaceutical Abolishes Entry Sheets, Shifts to Dialogue / Responding to AI's "Homogenization"
Society
Got in the Car, Gas Tank Empty? Why Do Fuel Troubles Happen with Car Sharing?
Reading the Times
Teachers' Financial Burden Grows Critical: The Hidden Reality of "Out-of-Pocket" Expenses
When Considering Students' Learning, Paying Out of Pocket Is Inevitable / Using "Budgeted Funds" Requires Significant Effort
Interview
Fumiya Takahashi: What Must I Betray?
Scripts Covered in Notes / Where to Place My Core / How Can I Not Believe in Myself?
Baseball
Hideki Kuriyama, Koji Akiyama, Yutaka Ohno... The "Great Success" of Undrafted Players
Interview
Miho Owada: "What I Felt When My Mother Died"
Received "Kindness" from Many After Mother Kumiko Okae Passed Away / When Children Smile, the World Smiles
Announcer Ayaka Hironaka: Where She Stands After "Childbirth"
The Source of Leadership
Shikoku Kako Kiki President Shigeru Ueda: Winning by Doing "What the Other Side Doesn't Think Of"
Work Styles
The Spread of Retirement Age Elimination: Still Active and Going Strong
Equal Treatment for Those Over 65 / YKK's 67-Year-Old Full-Time Employee: "Am I Getting Paid Too Much?" / Systems Passing Management Roles to Younger Staff
Serialized
Wanting to Be Kinder
"The First Step": Free Tutoring Where You Learn Both Academics and Social Skills
Women
[Women × Work] Am I Just a Helper?
Serialized
THE ALFEE: The Trajectory of a Miracle
1974 "Part 2" / Our debut was like a huge fireworks display, but it didn't quite go off as planned
Cover Person
Fumiya Takahashi ● Actor
Portraits of the Present
Honshu Takaoka ● Airweave Representative Director, Chairman and President / Kae Morishita
AERA-note
Editor-in-Chief's Note
Popular Series
eyes: Sang-joong Kang / Hiroki Azuma
Yu Sato's Practical News School
Satei Takeda This Week's Resentment
Manabu Tanai's View of the Economy
Sadanobu Takemasu's Convenience Store: Walking a Hundred Miles
Ayachi Nishizaki's Tidying Up and Life: Before / After
Atashinchi: Eiko Kera
Working Couples: Relationships
Keiryn Faure
Good Things in Japan: Cute Things
AERIAL
Cinema x SDGs
Shiitake. 3:00 PM Shiitake. Consultation Room
Aera Reading Club
Go Yoshida Review
"Life is Ton Ton
Shouji Narita Autobiography"
This Person's This Book
Nobuyasu Nukui
Jane Su's The Other Day, I Met You Season 2
Masayuki Oki's This Week's Cat Shaa Shaa
Emiko Inagaki's Afro Pictorial
God of the Workplace
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AERA 2026年2月16日号
定価：650円（税込）
表紙：高橋文哉●俳優
発売日：2026年2月9日
巻頭特集
やさしくなりたい現場
Well-being×AI
生産性アップへ企業が続々導入
風呂上がりにバスマットに３秒立つだけで／AIの助言だからこそ気を使わない／住むだけで心身が整う人
無理なく継続 AIがサポート
東大発のスタートアップが目指すのは「ベイマックス」のような存在／幸福学の前野隆司氏に聞くテクノロジー
3秒話せばストレス判定
声帯の震えをAIが解析 心の健康を可視化／離職防止ニーズに対応／女性の悩みもAIで経済
いつまで続く エッグショックインタビュー
大学入学共通テストに“ベルばら” 池田理代子さんに聞く
「私の思いはすべてオスカルが代弁」／産めない女は女じゃないという考えが当たり前の時代企業
ロート製薬がエントリーシートを廃止し、対話へ AIの「均質化」に対応社会
車に乗ったらガソリンが空 カーシェアの燃料トラブルなぜ起きる？時代を読む
教員の“経済負担”が深刻に 表面化しにくい「自腹」の実態
生徒の学びを考えると自腹を切るしかない／「予算」を使うには労力がかかるインタビュー
高橋文哉 何を裏切っていくか
台本にたくさんの書き込み／自分の芯の置きどころ／自分が自分を信じないでどうするんだ野球
栗山英樹、秋山幸二、大野豊…ドラフト外の“大出世”インタビュー
大和田美帆「母の死の際に感じたこと」
母・岡江久美子さんが亡くなった際に多くの人から「やさしさ」を／子どもが笑えば世界が笑う弘中綾香アナ 「出産」経た現在地
トップの源流
四国化工機 植田 滋社長 「相手が考えないこと」で勝つ働き方
広がる定年廃止 まだまだ現役で
65歳以上も同等の処遇／YKKの67歳正社員は「もらいすぎかな」／管理職を若手に譲る制度連載
やさしくなりたい
「最初の一歩」 勉強も社会も学べる無料塾女性
［女性×働く］私はお手伝いさん？連載
THE ALFEE 奇跡の軌跡
1974年「後編」／デビューはかなり大きな花火だったけど、うまく打ちあがらなかったな表紙の人
高橋文哉●俳優現代の肖像
高岡本州●エアウィーヴ 代表取締役会長兼社長／森下香枝AERA-note
編集長敬白好評連載
eyes 姜 尚中／東 浩紀
佐藤 優の実践ニュース塾
武田砂鉄 今週のわだかまり
田内 学の経済のミカタ
竹増貞信のコンビニ百里の道をゆく
西﨑彩智の片づけと人生のbefore / after
あたしンち けらえいこ
はたらく夫婦カンケイ
ケイリーン・フォールズ
日本のいいもの かわいいものAERIAL
シネマ×SDGs
しいたけ.の午後３時のしいたけ.相談室アエラ読書部
吉田 豪 評
『人生はとんとん
成田昭次自叙伝』この人のこの本
抜井規泰ジェーン・スーの先日、お目に掛かりまして season 2
沖 昌之の今週の猫しゃあしゃあ
稲垣えみ子のアフロ画報
職場の神様
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