Changelog

Added · What's new

• •We added this "Changelog" page. You can see what has changed on the site here at any time.
• •We added "How much does it cost to request family registers myself?" to the FAQ.

Changed · Improvements

• •Anniversary reminder emails now include the recipient's name, the original date of the anniversary (with the Japanese era year) and our contact details.
• •At the top of the column "The cost of creating a family tree" we summarised the fee per family register document and a rough total per family line. We also added a note about the nationwide issuance system that began in March 2024.
• •In the column "Will half of all family lines disappear in 50 years?" we added what happens to graves and family registers when a family line ends, and what you can do now.
• •The FAQ section on the home page now shows a selected set of the questions we are asked most often.

Fixed · Fixes

• •We fixed a problem where some members' story pages would not open.
• •The "page not found" message is now shown in Japanese.

Changed · Improvements

• •Dates such as a date of birth can now be entered in three separate fields for year, month and day. The day of the week is shown as you type.
• •Every screen where you enter a date — family records, anniversaries and events, your profile, Family Research applications — now works the same way.

Added · What's new

• •We added a word of welcome to the confirmation email sent when you register.

Changed · Improvements

• •Registration and password reset emails now arrive in the language you are using on screen (Japanese or Korean).
• •We gave our emails a design and typeface that read comfortably on any device.
• •The languages you can choose in the settings screen now match the languages this site supports.

Fixed · Fixes

• •Anniversary reminders are now delivered for each timing you chose on My Page, from three months ahead up to the day itself.
• •We fixed a problem where anniversary reminder settings could fail to save on My Page.
• •We fixed a problem where your name was not shown correctly in password reset emails.
• •We reviewed how enquiries and Family Research applications are processed so that they are received more reliably.

Fixed · Fixes

• •We fixed a problem where password reset emails did not arrive.
• •We fixed a problem where "Keep me signed in" did not work.
• •We changed how emails are sent so that long messages are no longer broken up part way through.

Added · What's new

• •We put in place a system that delivers notices to members reliably.
• •We added a page where you can choose for yourself whether to receive notification emails.

Changed · Improvements

• •On Japanese screens, kanji are now shown in their Japanese forms (for example 戸).

Fixed · Fixes

• •We fixed a problem where some members' names were not being shown.

Changed · Improvements

• •The "News" section on the home page now lists new columns and notices automatically.
• •The "FAQ" section on the home page now draws on the FAQ content.
• •We added "Home" to the menu.
• •We settled on familystorage.jp as the site's address.
• •We made it easier for search engines and AI to understand what this site is about.

Changed · Improvements

• •We settled on "Column" as the name for the blog.
• •We tidied up the look of the "About family trees" page.
• •Notices on the home page are now shown for one month.

Security · For your safety

• •We extended the protection against forged submissions to the sign-in and password reset screens as well.

Added · What's new

• •We added the "About family trees" page. It covers how to build a family tree, how to gather family registers, and a guide to the costs.
• •We began the column series "Tracing a family tree" and published six pieces.
• •The Family Map screen now shows its version number.

Changed · Improvements

• •In the Korean edition we changed "패밀리 맵" to "가계도 맵".

Fixed · Fixes

• •We fixed a problem where the AI Family Storyteller screen ran off the side on smartphones.

Added · What's new

• •We opened the fully renewed Family Storage as a beta test. The official launch is 14 September.
• •We prepared the "Family Map", which you can move with your finger on a phone or computer; the "AI Family Storyteller", which tells you stories based on your family's records; and "Anniversary reminders", which let you know about birthdays and death anniversaries.
• •You can also register with a Google or LINE account.

Changed · Improvements

• •We made pages load faster.