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Onosato Stays Perfect at 12-0 as Diet Missile Lines and Yen Bills Hit Corporate Japan
Wednesday’s Japan edition tracks sumo’s unbeaten leader, defense supplement math before the October 5 Diet, TOPIX’s rate-sensitive split, and household-facing moves from SoftBank Corp, SMBC Card, and MHLW’s Okinawa RSV airlift.
SportsOnosato Maintains Perfect Record Entering Autumn Grand Sumo Day Twelve at Ryogoku Kokugikan
Yokozuna contender Onosato improved to 12-0 at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, beating komusubi Takayasu with an outside arm throw that kept the race for his first championship title alive at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
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PoliticsDefense Ministry Lists FY26 Supplement Lines for Standoff Missiles Ahead of October 5 Diet
BusinessSoftBank Corp Raises Enterprise Mobile Prices Three Percent as Yen Weakness Feeds Handset Import Bills
StocksInsurance Holdings Outpace Developers on TOPIX as Ten-Year JGB Yield Settles Near 3.10 Percent
SecurityJPCERT/CC Warns Fake SoftBank Phishing Kits Impersonate Corporate SIM Provisioning Portals
HealthMHLW Ships Pediatric RSV Antibody Vials to Okinawa Clinics Before Autumn Ferry Disruptions
EntertainmentToho Cinemas Rolls Live Asian Games Basketball Feeds at Shinjuku Multiplex for Morning Audiences
AISB Intuitions Releases Fine-Tuned Summarizer Weights for Japanese Parliamentary Committee Transcripts
ScienceUniversity of Tokyo Geophysics Lab Publishes Plate Coupling Map After September Ibaraki-Saitama Tremors
OpinionEditorial: Diet Broadcast Archives Need Timestamped Vote Rolls, Not Edited Highlight Reels
TechnologyRicoh Debuts Thermal Printer Line for Municipal Disaster Receipts After Typhoon-Season Pilots
Credit CardsSumitomo Mitsui Card Caps Companion Lounge Visits on Select Gold Products Starting November
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