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Bond Selloff and Diet Clock Dominate Tokyo’s Monday Open
Japan edition for 2026-09-28 — TOPIX opens lower on yield-sensitive financials, Fast Retailing lifts its profit guide, and parties file bills before the Oct. 5 extraordinary Diet.
StocksTOPIX Opens Lower as Insurers and Banks Lead Yield-Sensitive Selloff in Tokyo
Tokyo’s TOPIX index opened lower on Monday as insurers, banks and real-estate investment trusts sold off on fears that long-end Japanese government bond yields will stay above 3.1 percent after the BOJ’s September rate hike.
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BusinessFast Retailing Lifts Full-Year Profit Guide as Weak Yen Offsets Southeast Asia Markdowns
OpinionEditorial: Weak-Yen Dividends Cannot Pay for Permanent Food-Tax Cuts Without a Credible Offset
PoliticsCDP Files Lower-House Seat Bill as Oct 5 Extraordinary Diet Clock Starts
SecurityNPA Says September SMiShing Losses Doubled as Fake Japan Post Bank Pages Spread
Credit CardsPayPay Card Documents Offline QR Fallback After Keio Mall Outage Exposed Vendor Risk
SportsMarinos Beat Frontale on Penalties as J-League Resumes After Asian Games Break
AISoftBank Corp Rolls On-Device LLM Summaries for Enterprise Desks Under New MIC Logging Rules
TechnologyNintendo Sets October Direct as Switch 2 Pre-Order Traffic Strains Kanto Retail Systems
HealthKanagawa Prefecture Widens School Flu Sites Ahead of National October Shipment Batch
ScienceJAXA Targets November H3 Launch for Debris-Removal Demo After Second-Stage Review
EntertainmentGhibli Fest Adds December Screenings as IMAX Chains Report Renewed Family Ticket Demand
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