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Katayama’s yen readout meets a record TOPIX close as October Diet dates and flu shipments land on a weak-yen morning
Friday’s Japan Daily Update — twelve desk stories on post-summit currency diplomacy, dividend ex-date trading, MUFG overseas ATM fees, MIC chatbot logging rules, Fujitsu municipal LLM pilots, NPA SMiShing warnings, an editorial on public FX talk, defence supplement Diet timing, Tochigi rain downgrades, early flu doses for Kanto care homes, weekend box office, and B.League opening gates in Okinawa.
BusinessKatayama Discloses Trump Raised Yen Weakness in Post-Summit Currency Briefing
Finance Minister Katayama said President Trump raised yen weakness at the Takaichi summit, an unusually direct public account that keeps July's joint intervention principles in play and puts the Bessent-Katayama channel back under market scrutiny.
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StocksTOPIX Marks Record Close as Dividend Ex-Date Draws Tokyo Cash Buyers
Credit CardsMUFG Card Revises Foreign ATM Fee Table as Yen Weakness Raises Travel Cash Costs
TechnologyMIC Publishes Generative AI Logging Template 1.3 for Municipal Chatbots
AIFujitsu Offers On-Prem LLM Summaries for Municipal Help Desks With Audit Trails
SecurityNPA Warns SMiShing Wave Mimics Japan Post Bank Login Pages in September
OpinionWhen Finance Ministers Narrate Currency Talks, Markets Hear Intervention Risk
PoliticsCabinet Sets October Extraordinary Diet Dates for Defence Supplement Votes
SportsB.League Opening Week Sets Okinawa Arena Attendance Record as Season Tips Off
EntertainmentToho Weekend Rankings Show Post-Silver Week Horror Release Leading New Admissions
HealthMHLW Accelerates Influenza Shots to Kanto Care Facilities Before October Admissions Rush
ScienceJMA Downgrades Tochigi Alerts While Geologists Flag Lingering Slope Saturation
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JMA Downgrades Tochigi Alerts While Geologists Flag Lingering Slope Saturation
JMA lowered some Tochigi rain warnings on Sept. 26, but its soil-water index and geologists' field models show why saturated slopes can fail after the rain stops.
MHLW Accelerates Influenza Shots to Kanto Care Facilities Before October Admissions Rush
MHLW is pushing early influenza vaccine shipments to Kanto nursing homes before October’s admissions wave, a logistics test for elder care as winter respiratory season approaches.
Toho Weekend Rankings Show Post-Silver Week Horror Release Leading New Admissions
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B.League Opening Week Sets Okinawa Arena Attendance Record as Season Tips Off
Okinawa Arena’s opening-week gate hit a record 19,616 over two games as the B.League season tipped off, giving the Ryukyu Golden Kings a sellout baseline—and the league a local test case beyond the Samurai Blue window.