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Sports Day Eve: Yen Past 153, TOPIX Below 3,200, and a Split Holiday Economy
Japan’s Sunday edition tracks Friday’s market handoff, coalition talks, travel-week scams, and the hotel-price gap between empty office districts and booked suburban inns.
BusinessTrading Houses Cut Dollar Hedge Ratios as Yen Weakens Past 153
Mitsubishi Corp and Itochu trimmed dollar-forward hedge ratios in quarterly disclosures as the yen slid past 153 per dollar, forcing trading houses to balance import costs against offshore asset marks.
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StocksTOPIX Slips Below 3,200 on Ex-Dividend Selling Ahead of October Holiday Week
PoliticsLDP and Komeito Chiefs Schedule Coalition Talks as Yen Weakness Draws MOF Warning
SecurityMetropolitan Police Cybercrime Division Dismantles Server Hosting 890 Fake E-Tax Portals
OpinionOpinion: Sports Day Hotel Pricing Exposes Gap Between Urban Hotels and Suburban Inns
SportsSamurai Japan Names Bullpen Order for Wednesday Friendly Against Mexico at Tokyo Dome
AISakana AI Ships Japanese-Legal QA Model for In-House Corporate Law Teams
TechnologySony Semiconductor Begins Sample Shipments of Stacked CMOS for In-Car LiDAR Modules
EntertainmentGhibli Re-Release Tops Advance Ticket Sales at Toho Cinemas Before Sports Day Monday
HealthPharmacies Restock Heat-Illness Kits as MHLW Extends Sports Day Weekend Advisories
ScienceRIKEN iTHEMS Models Noto Aftershock Sequences on Fugaku Supercomputer
Credit CardsMizuho Mileage Club Caps Sports Day Hotel Point Redemptions on Partner Chains
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Ghibli Re-Release Tops Advance Ticket Sales at Toho Cinemas Before Sports Day Monday
Toho Cinemas said advance sales for a nationwide Studio Ghibli re-release led weekend box-office presales ahead of Sports Day, outpacing new domestic live-action openings in suburban multiplexes.
Pharmacies Restock Heat-Illness Kits as MHLW Extends Sports Day Weekend Advisories
Community pharmacies restocked oral rehydration and cooling packs as the health ministry extended heat-illness advisories through the Sports Day weekend for Kanto and Chubu school events.
RIKEN iTHEMS Models Noto Aftershock Sequences on Fugaku Supercomputer
RIKEN’s iTHEMS program ran aftershock sequence models for the Noto peninsula on the Fugaku supercomputer, feeding revised slope-stability maps to Ishikawa prefecture ahead of winter reconstruction.
Mizuho Mileage Club Caps Sports Day Hotel Point Redemptions on Partner Chains
Mizuho Mileage Club capped partner-hotel point redemptions for the Sports Day weekend after demand surged on domestic ryokan packages, mirroring tighter award rules other issuers applied before October holidays.