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Medium format Hasselblad lens is a top-three seller, in major Japanese retailer’s lens sales list

Three-year-old Hasselblad lens resurfaces to make Yodobashi's top three for sales, following the release of the Hasselblad X2D II 100C

Digital Camera World

US$7,000 Hasselblad camera tops major Japanese retailer’s mirrorless sales list – what gives?

Who’d have thought a medium-format camera would reach the number one spot in Yodobashi's mirrorless camera sales list?

Digital Camera World

Brazil squad World Cup 2026: Carlo Ancelotti's 26 players as five-time winners prepare for the round of 32

Brazil won their last two Group C matches to line up a round of 32 tie in Houston

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Dollar Rallies on Euro and Yen Weakness

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.44% at a 1-week high. The dollar is climbing today after French Prime Minister Lecornu resigned, which undercut the euro. Also, the yen tumbled after Sanae Takaichi, a proponent of easy fiscal and monetary policy, won Saturday's election to become Japan's...

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Markets give seal of approval to Japan's pro-stimulus 'Iron Lady'

Traders piled into Japanese stocks after the country's ruling party named Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, betting on her Thatcherite policies to supercharge growth.

Euronews

Medicine Nobel To Trio Who Identified Immune System's 'Security Guards'

A US-Japanese trio on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its "security guards", the Nobel jury said.

Medical Daily

Nissan's Comeback Plan Is So Crazy It Might Just Work

Things aren’t exactly peachy for Nissan at the moment. Following a failed merger attempt with longtime rival Honda, the Japanese auto conglomerate now faces a massive restructuring. That means Nissan will eliminate thousands of jobs, shutter dozens of factories, and lose hundreds of millions of dollars in profit in the…

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Japan Poised For Its First Female Prime Minister: Who Is Sanae Takaichi?

Takaichi's parliamentary career has covered a range of policy portfolios. She has served as Minister of State for Economic Security, and previously has been involved in internal affairs and communications.

International Business Times

US and Japanese scientists win 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine for immune tolerance research

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries in peripheral immune tolerance, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced on Monday.

Euronews

Liverpool Midfielder Forced to Withdraw From International Duty Through Injury

Saturday’s defeat to Chelsea led to a handful of fitness concerns for Arne Slot.

Sports Illustrated

Stocks Set to Open Higher on Fed Rate-Cut Hopes and Earnings Optimism

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are up +0.36%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are up +0.55% this morning, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street as investors wager that a resilient economy and further rate cuts from the Federal Reserve will continue to underpin corporate earnings.

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Japanese Stocks Soar To Record Highs As Sanae Takaichi Poised To Make History As First Female Prime Minister

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index soared to an all-time high on Monday, following the election of Sanae Takaichi as the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Benzinga

Wataru Endo injury: Japan issue statement as Liverpool suffer fresh scare

The Japan captain will not feature against Paraguay or Brazil over the next week

Evening Standard

Politics drives markets: euro and Paris stock market slide amid French political crisis; Japanese stocks surge after Takaichi’s victory– business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as France’s prime minister resigns unexpectedly

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International Business Times UK

Honshu Japan Earthquake Revives Viral 'Asian Baba Vanga' 2025 Prophecy — Was This What Ryo Tatsuki Foresaw?

A 6.0 earthquake off Honshu, Japan, has revived viral claims about Ryo Tatsuki's 2025 'prophecy', though scientists dismiss any link and stress seismic preparedness.

International Business Times UK

Stocks Surge in Tokyo Following Election of Japan's First Female PM-Elect Takaichi

Japanese stocks jumped after Sanae Takaichi's election as LDP leader, sending the Nikkei to fresh highs and weakening the yen. Investors are betting on expanded fiscal stimulus and looser monetary policy under her era.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 06 October: Mondi and Aston Martin gloom, French stocks retreat

London’s new listings mini-boom gathered pace today when digital bank Shawbrook said it is planning an IPO.

The Independent UK

Bear cub injures Spanish tourist at Japan heritage village

Bear cub emerged from bushes to attack man taking photoghraphs

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Fit & Well

I tried this 20-minute Japanese walking workout and I felt less stressed afterwards

This low-impact workout is surprisingly energizing

International Business Times

Tokyo Soars, Yen Sinks After Takaichi Win On Mixed Day For Asia

Tokyo stocks surged more than four percent to a record high Monday and the yen sank on bets that the new leader of Japan's ruling party will embark on a new era of loose monetary policy to kickstart the country's economy.

The Independent UK

Japan's Nikkei stock index jumps 4.3% after ruling party chooses an ultra-conservative as its leader

Japan’s Nikkei stock index has jumped more than 4% after its ruling party chose an ultra-conservative as its leader and likely first woman prime minister

The Conversation

Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher – or its next Liz Truss?

Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to become Japan’s next prime minister — and the first woman ever to hold the post.

Fortune

Surprise in Japan’s leadership race jolts financial markets as the dollar soars against the yen

Sanae Takaichi favors looser fiscal and monetary policies, raising expectations that Tokyo will issue more debt while the central bank rethinks rate hikes.

FourFourTwo

Japan World Cup 2026 squad: Hajime Moriyasu's side to face the Netherlands

The Japan World Cup 2026 squad may be one of the trickiest to call, with a selection packed with talent but lacking key stars

PC Gamer

OpenAI hastily retreats from gung-ho copyright policy after embarrassing Sora video output like AI Sam Altman surrounded by Pokémon saying 'I hope Nintendo doesn't sue us'

OpenAI updates its policy for copyrighted content in Sora after a wave of viral videos containing Japanese IP.

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