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Kenjiro Tsuda wins Japan’s first court recognition that AI mimics of a performer’s voice can infringe publicity rights, after more than 180 unauthorised TikTok clips surfaced.
Your Daily UpdateMonday's Japan Daily Update — twelve stories on the 69-day Diet session, supermarket tax-label tests, markets, flu shots, AI rules, and Dotonbori celebrations.
Lead storyIshin Pushes Lower-House Seat Cut as Monday Extra Diet Session BeginsNippon Ishin no Kai reopened its push to shrink the House of Representatives as the extraordinary Diet session convened with a crowded legislative calendar.
BusinessAEON and Seven & i Stress-Test Shelf Labels for April 2027 Food Tax Shift
StocksNikkei Opens Week Eyeing 70,000 After Soft U.S. Jobs Data Lift Futures
OpinionEditorial: A 69-Day Diet Cannot Paper Over the ¥5 Trillion Food Tax Revenue Gap
SportsTigers Fans Pack Dotonbori After Back-to-Back Central League Pennants
SportsHanshin Tigers fans flooded Osaka’s Dotonbori canal district after the club secured its first back-to-back Central League pennant when the Giants lost Saturday night.
A two-year food tax cut without a matching revenue plan would leave the next government holding a permanent political IOU.
The Financial Services Agency urged banks to shorten unauthorized-transfer reporting cycles after autumn phishing campaigns mimicked major lenders’ login pages.
Cabinet offices will collect industry “pain points” on AI deployment from October 19, while Digital Minister Furukawa says amendments to the promotion law are on the table.
Rakuten Mobile expanded a domestic roaming arrangement with KDDI as autumn handset cycles push subscribers toward 5G upgrades ahead of year-end sales events.
JCB’s October campaigns pair a cash-advance signup lottery for domestic cards with a Disney ticket milestone for new Platinum and Gold members.
Tokyo cash equities return from the weekend with Nikkei 225 futures having briefly traded above 70,000 after a weak U.S. payrolls report eased near-term Fed tightening bets.
Major chains are rehearsing register and shelf math for a two-year cut in the 8 percent consumption tax on food, even as the Diet has yet to pass the bill.
Formula One practice opened at Suzuka Circuit with a near-capacity main grandstand as Japanese fans arrived early for the Japanese Grand Prix weekend.
