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suspends some services after network intrusion, leak not ruled out https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-south-korea-currency-swap-extension-decided Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-19T10:22:44.175Z Japan says currency swap extension with South Korea is decided https://tokyobrief.com/articles/daiwa-house-reit-logistics-disposals-sponsor-buyer Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-19T10:22:12.656Z Daiwa House REIT to sell two logistics assets for ¥15.83bn, one to its sponsor https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ymirlink-email-service-intrusion-nine-million-records Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-19T10:21:33.603Z Ymirlink says intruders pulled about nine million records from five email-service systems https://tokyobrief.com/articles/renetjapangroup-share-placement-warrants-three-alliances Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-19T10:20:56.448Z RenetJapanGroup plans ¥2.15bn share placement, with up to ¥3.34bn more in warrants https://tokyobrief.com/articles/maki-base-stake-26-89-percent-30-percent-voting-target Tokyo Brief en 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https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsubishi-electric-hon-hai-auto-unit-half-sale-impairment Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-19T10:17:37.927Z Mitsubishi Electric agrees to sell half its auto unit to Hon Hai's investment arm, with a ¥100bn impairment due https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-imfc-food-consumption-tax-cut-fiscal-2029-benefits Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-19T10:17:03.277Z Japan pledges two-year food tax cut at IMF, financed without deficit bonds https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsb-final-report-12-sound-practices-responsible-ai-adoption Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-18T19:17:52.107Z FSB sets out 12 sound practices for financial firms adopting AI https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mhlw-draft-wage-payment-fund-transfer-guarantee-rules Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-18T19:13:00.080Z Labour ministry reworks guarantee terms for wages paid into fund-transfer accounts https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-draft-sewer-rules-five-grades-inspection Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-18T19:03:59.319Z Japan's draft sewer rules set 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