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StartupsTaipei Legal-Tech Startup Automates Golden Week Tenant Dispute Filings
A Taipei legal-tech startup automated Golden Week eviction and deposit dispute filings for small landlords, drawing scrutiny from bar associations over unauthorized practice claims.
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SecurityTaiwan Semiconductor Fabs Run Joint Ransomware Tabletop Ahead of Holiday Lull
EntertainmentToho Delays IMAX Reissue Strategy as Shinjuku Screens Close for Renovation
StartupsPortsmouth Insurtech Maps Ferry Delay Payout Triggers on Solent Wake Sensors
BusinessSingapore Q2 Retrenchments Hit 4,620, Highest Since Late 2020 Pandemic Peak
SecurityCommodity Tanker Crossings Through Strait of Hormuz Plunge to Twelve Over Weekend
BeautyPolaa Ships Sweat-Resistant SPF Sticks Geared to Cycling Commuters in Kyoto
PoliticsU.S. Prepares Institution-Wide ICC Sanctions That Could Block Dollar Banking
EnvironmentJMA Issues Level 4 Warnings as Silver Week Storm Shuts Tokyo Game Show
BusinessBritish Land Reworks Canary Wharf Office Leases as Autumn Tenant Inspections Resume
LifestyleYokohama Pier Walkers Track Typhoon Tracks on Community Radio Apps
BusinessYakult Looks to Consolidate Bottling Shifts at Fujisawa Plant Amid Label-Material Squeeze
StocksKospi Slips as Memory Chip Exporters Face Won Volatility
StartupsDaegu Insurtech Pilot Scores Monsoon Flood Claim Photos for Adjusters
EntertainmentCJ OnStyle Extends Live-Commerce Hours for Chuseok Gift-Set Cosmetics
EducationUniversity of Tokyo Publishes AI Homework Disclosure Rubric for Fall Enrollment
SportsUni-President Lions Clinch Wild-Card Berth as CPBL Regular Season Ends
StocksTOPIX Construction Names Rally as Ministry Outlines Quake Retrofit Subsidies
LifestyleTokyo Conbini Lunch Hour Shifts as Hybrid Workers Cluster Midday Bento Runs
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Tokyo Conbini Lunch Hour Shifts as Hybrid Workers Cluster Midday Bento Runs
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Kospi Slips as Memory Chip Exporters Face Won Volatility
The Kospi gave back part of its record run as a firmer dollar clipped export margins for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, with foreign funds trimming buys ahead of Seoul’s long Chuseok weekend.
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Yakult Honsha is merging day and night bottling crews at its Fujisawa Shonan cosmetics plant after label suppliers tightened PET shrink-film allocations, slowing changeovers on the Beautiens line.
Yokohama Pier Walkers Track Typhoon Tracks on Community Radio Apps
Yokohama pier walkers and fishing-club retirees now lean on ward-linked community radio apps for typhoon track updates after cell networks bogged down during last month’s approach, pairing FM rebroadcasts with map pins for shelter stairs.
British Land Reworks Canary Wharf Office Leases as Autumn Tenant Inspections Resume
British Land is rewriting break clauses and service-charge caps on several Canary Wharf towers before autumn tenant walk-throughs resume, as insurers demand fresh fire-door logs and lift certifications from finance firms reviewing hybrid desk counts.
JMA Issues Level 4 Warnings as Silver Week Storm Shuts Tokyo Game Show
Typhoon Dujuan prompted Level 4 “prepare to evacuate” advisories across parts of the Izu Islands and Kanto on Monday as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of landslides and violent winds, forcing the Tokyo Game Show to cancel its final day and JR East to suspend several Chiba and Ibaraki lines during Silver Week travel.
U.S. Prepares Institution-Wide ICC Sanctions That Could Block Dollar Banking
The Trump administration has prepared sanctions that would bar most U.S. persons and companies from transacting with the International Criminal Court after a six- to seven-month grace period, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported, escalating a campaign that until now targeted individual judges and prosecutors.