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2026-07-11
Business

Hourly Wage Converter: Calculate Your True Hourly Rate from a Japanese Salary

Learn how to estimate your hourly rate using scheduled hours from a Japanese monthly or annual salary. Understand the different purpose-specific wage bases for overtime calculations and minimum wage checks under Japanese labor laws.

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2026-06-30
Productivity

Manga Bookshelf: Track Volumes and Search Before Purchase

A digital bookshelf utilizing the browser's IndexedDB to save manga volumes individually. Explains the search function to prevent duplicate purchases, external API registration assistance, and device-specific data storage limits.

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2026-06-30
Security

What is an email header analysis tool? How to investigate the source and delivery route of suspicious emails

Email header (raw source) is a record of the servers that an email went through before arriving. In this article, we explain the role of an email header analysis tool, identifying delivery routes with the Received header, understanding SPF/DKIM/DMARC authentication, and procedures for parsing headers in your browser without automatic external verification.

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2026-06-29
Utilities

Causes of Garbled CSV Files in Excel and How to Fix Encoding Issues

Learn why downloaded CSV files show garbled characters in Excel and how to resolve encoding mismatches using a browser-based conversion tool. We also explain text import best practices to prevent missing leading zeros.

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2026-06-29
Security

PDF Password Protection and Removal: Free Local Processing Guide

A tool to set an open password for PDF files or unlock them with a known password. Uses RC4-128 encryption and does not support permissions restrictions or high-security AES. Explains local processing specifications and limitations.

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2026-06-29
Security

How to apply mosaic or blur to images locally using your browser

Learn how to obscure faces, backgrounds, or license plates in your images using local browser processing. This guide explains how to use our image blurring tool and details the limitations of metadata removal and privacy protection.

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