
From October 28th to 29th, a wide variety of news was reported, including North Korean missile launches, a train crash in Spain, economic indicators and financial policy in the United States, and domestic political and business trends in Japan.
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Several international events occurred in a short period of time, including a ballistic missile launch by North Korea and a train accident in Spain.
The preliminary figures for US real GDP for the July-September period were an annualized increase of 3.4% compared to the previous quarter.
Prime Minister Takaichi announced that the standard price for fuel oil subsidies such as gasoline will be raised by 5 yen every month from December onwards.
Prime Minister Takaichi announced his intention to implement electricity and gas rate support starting in December.
Chubu Electric Power Co. announced that it will record approximately 380 billion yen in extraordinary losses related to the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in its consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2027.
The cabinet minister in charge of housing has resigned to take responsibility for last year's fire in a high-rise building in Hong Kong.
ANA Holdings has reached a basic agreement with AIRDO to make an additional investment in the holding company of Solaseed Air and make it a wholly owned subsidiary.
Shiga Bank and Ikeda Senshu Holdings have agreed to merge their businesses in April 2028.
According to the South Korean military, more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles were fired from North Korea.
According to a Ministry of Defense official, the possible ballistic missile is believed to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
According to the Ministry of Defense, it appears that what may have been a ballistic missile launched from North Korea has already fallen.
According to the South Korean military, North Korea launched a projectile into the Sea of Japan.
According to the Ministry of Defense, a possible ballistic missile was launched from North Korea.
The Brewers won the Major League Baseball World Series for the first time.
According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, authorities have informed them that there were two Japanese names on the passenger list in the Spanish train crash. Their safety is currently being confirmed.
Two Federal Reserve Board members, including Cook, advocated raising interest rates and opposed leaving interest rates unchanged.
The US Federal Reserve has decided to keep its policy interest rate unchanged at 3.75% to 4.00%.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, tremors with an intensity of lower 5 were observed in northeastern Chiba Prefecture.
According to Brazilian media, Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, has arrived in the United States.
According to Spanish media, at least 64 people died in the train crash.
Softbank was crowned number one in Japan for the second consecutive year in the Japan Professional Baseball Series.
According to Spanish media, at least 30 people died in the train crash.
German Chancellor Merz stated that the United Nations Charter's principle of prohibiting the use of force applies in the Taiwan Strait, and called on relevant countries and regions to act with caution.
The leaders of Japan and Germany announced the launch of a high-level dialogue on AI.
At least 10 people were killed in a collision between two trains in central Spain, local media reported.
Argentine authorities announced that Bolsonaro, who lost the Brazilian presidential election, headed to Ecuador via Argentina.
The Japan Restoration Party has decided to accept a reduction in the number of seats in the House of Representatives by 31.

Breaking news from Japan and abroad, including the resignation of a cabinet minister due to a fire in a high-rise building in Hong Kong, North Korea's ballistic missile launch, ANA Holdings' plan to make Air Do and Solaseed Air subsidiaries, and the business merger agreement between Shiga Bank and Ikeda Senshu HD.

A variety of breaking news from Japan and abroad, including the US Federal Reserve's insistence on keeping interest rates unchanged or raising interest rates, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5 on the Japanese scale in Chiba Prefecture, a train crash in Spain, and the Japan-Germany summit announcing the launch of AI dialogue.

The US Federal Reserve decided to leave the policy interest rate unchanged at the FOMC meeting on the 28th. Although inflation is accelerating due to soaring oil prices due to the U.S.-Iran conflict, the government has postponed any urgent interest rate hikes ahead of the midterm elections in November. Some board members voted against it.

On the 28th, the Consumer Affairs Agency announced that it had ordered four subsidiaries of Iida Group Holdings to pay a total of approximately 441 million yen in fines for violating the Act on Premiums and Representations (misperception of superiority) for displaying advertisements such as ``No. 1 custom-built housing company'' without conducting an objective investigation.

An economic mission led by Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Ken Kobayashi visits India. During his first dispatch in eight years, Mr. Kobayashi expressed his desire to expand the presence of Japanese small and medium-sized businesses in India, and to acquire Indian human resources to fill the growing shortage of human resources in Japan.

US AI company Anthropic files a prospectus with the SEC in preparation for its IPO. The amount raised could be $100 billion, the largest in history, and the company is expected to be listed on the Nasdaq in November.