News before 2026-10-17

2026-10-1755.3% have chosen a color or pattern different from their preference. The top reason was that their preferred choice was out of stock, cited by 47.0%. How did they feel afterward?

2026-10-17[Weekly Outlook for Japanese Stocks] Earnings season for major U.S. companies gets into full swing this week, with results from Meta, Tesla and others

2026-10-17Short-selling tally (16th) falls to 32.8%; Nikkei Average rebounds for the first time in 7 days (Traders Web)

2026-10-17In appreciation of your continued patronage: free Peko-chan planners and a half-price campaign on popular cakes! Fujiya's 116th Anniversary Founding Sale | Fujiya Co.,Ltd. Press Release

2026-10-17“Front-End Inspection” Is Heating Up! Film Thickness, Defects, Electrical Characteristics… 20 Handpicked Semiconductor “Inspection and Metrology” Stocks, from Large-Cap Favorites to Small-Cap 10x Candidates | Japan Individual Stock Due Diligence Center

2026-10-17TSE Growth Market 250 Index Futures: Sharp rebound on reaction buying after three straight declines and buying by short-term funds

2026-10-17ドラゴンロジスティクス: A Bridge Connecting Vietnamese and Japanese Companies

2026-10-17SPDR Gold Shares [1326]: Share Price and Stock Information

2026-10-17Kasumigaseki Capital’s ¥14 million starting salary for new graduates: merely a PR “firework” or not? Experts point to the “hard-nosed reality of hiring”…

2026-10-17Food trade fair opens in Paris; 60 Japanese companies take part in one of Europe's largest

2026-10-17Tokyo stocks rebound after 7 days on broad-based buying (16th) (Jiji Press)

2026-10-17“We want to clinch it as soon as possible”: SoftBank stormed into the Japan Series and completed a dominant win by showcasing its depth (Sankei News)

2026-10-17Blockchain to Support Japan’s Economic Resurgence [Contribution by Evernorth] (NADA NEWS)

2026-10-17[Held] Event to Support Your Investment Debut

2026-10-1780.0% of people with experience in web-related work use generative AI at least once a week, OSIE survey

2026-10-17Tokyo Stocks (Close): Nikkei Rebounds for First Time in Seven Sessions, Up ¥898 as Investors Buy AI Stocks for a Rebound

2026-10-17Lightweight 1kg-class “GALLERIA” from ¥149,980! Powered by Core Ultra 5 and verified to work with Wacom pen tablets

2026-10-17US Stock Market Outlook: Can Meta’s Earnings Allay Concerns About Excessive AI Investment? (FISCO)

2026-10-17Watch Nikkei! News NEXT ▼ U.S. midterm elections loom! What are Trump's tactics? / Will Japan and the U.S. hold off on rate hikes?

2026-10-17What Your Personal Brand May Need Is Not Strategy but “Therapy” (Forbes JAPAN)

2026-10-17Next Week’s Earnings and Economic Calendar (10/19–10/23): Focus on SpaceX, Tesla, Meta, AI Semiconductor and Infrastructure Earnings, and NVIDIA GTC Berlin. Will AI Credit Concerns Recede? Will Semiconductor Stocks Rebound?

2026-10-17Major U.S. semiconductor company to build new plant in New York; Japan to invest up to ¥3.3 trillion, with cooperation from Tokyo Electron and others (15 October 2026) Won Currency (BubsqNO95d)

2026-10-17“Nikkei Average at ¥88,000 in 2027”: Mom investor Choruko (ちょる子) and kenmo, an investor who became a 100-million-yen millionaire while working as a company employee, make bold predictions for next year’s market! Previously unreleased edition, Part 2 [WBS] | World Business Satellite (WBS)

2026-10-17Witness the Pinnacle of Cutting: An Introduction to the Awards at the 21st Cutting Machining Dream Contest (MONOist)

2026-10-17DeNA hits home runs in five consecutive games, takes early lead on Sano (佐野)'s three-run homer in the Climax Series Final (Mainichi Shimbun)

2026-10-17Familiar designs all in one lineup! The second Bourbon Lottery, a must-see for Niigata residents, is now on sale

2026-10-17Ito Hideki (伊藤英記), currently a senior executive officer and head of sales, to become president of 資さん as part of personnel changes across the すかいらーく HD group (Yomiuri Shimbun Online)

2026-10-17The Era of Long-Term Inflation Has Arrived! Why Holding Foreign Equities and Foreign REITs Can Be a Strong Countermeasure | Infoseek News

2026-10-1720 stocks carefully selected from companies that turned price increases into profits | Is 川上塗料 (4616)'s limit-up only the beginning? Finding the next upward earnings revision candidates through a pricing power ranking | Japan Individual Stocks Due Diligence Center

2026-10-17Takashimaya raises annual dividend to ¥44: Comparison of dividends and shareholder benefits at 3 department store companies

2026-10-17Bank of Japan signals additional rate hikes amid concerns over upside risks to prices, with attention focused on the impact on home mortgages and real estate investment

2026-10-17コメリ launches a dedicated coating to reduce wipe marks and fingerprints on piano-black interior trim

2026-10-17Ransomware Attack on Keio Electric Railway Group, Russian-Linked “Qilin” Claims Responsibility (Business + IT)

2026-10-17[Explained from the Ground Up] Metaplanet, the Japanese Company with the World’s Second-Largest Bitcoin Holdings / Fraudulent Device Found in a Ledger Purchased from Amazon Japan [5 Handpicked Articles to Read on Sunday] (NADA NEWS)

2026-10-17Sumiseki Holdings,Inc. (1514): Why is the stock trading at its current price? AI explains the background to the share price movement

2026-10-17DeNA reaches the Japan Series for the first time in 2 years

2026-10-17Mitsubishi Electric transfers Mitsubishi Electric Mobility to an investment company under Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry

2026-10-17Fujiya: Half-price cakes and a free “Peko-chan Schedule Planner and Ballpoint Pen with Acrylic Charm” with purchases of ¥3,000 or more

2026-10-17[Asked Women] Ranking of the “Best Home Centers”! DCM and Komeri Tie for Second, but Which Ranks First? (Netorabo)

2026-10-17[Outlook] Stock strategy for tomorrow: Rebound after seven straight sessions of declines, but down ¥3,706 for the week; will next week test a recovery?

2026-10-17Mercari,Inc. signs capital and business alliance agreement with クイック・ネットワーク

2026-10-17Is it still possible to make money by riding the AI stock boom? An investor who built assets of ¥270 million and a semiconductor trading company executive analyze the underlying demand behind the generative AI boom and warn of a bubble (Money Post WEB)

2026-10-17ESR holds new product media showcase in Japan, unveiling around 30 products including accessories for Apple devices

2026-10-17Seria, DAISO, Can Do: “Amazing that this is only ¥110” and “Got it when it was restocked” — 5 hugely popular upscale-looking interior goods

2026-10-17[Shocking] The Nikkei 225 Is Headed for 100,000. Horiemon Explains Why “Japanese Stocks Are the Strongest” Scotland Vs Nepal (wITYZqG0Rz)

2026-10-17Yen edges lower to around ¥158 per dollar in Tokyo market (Jiji Press)

2026-10-17US CPI rises 3.7%, Nikkei Average posts third-largest decline on record, TSMC reports record profit

2026-10-17ETFs: Low Costs Are Attractive, Covering Domestic and Overseas Stocks and Bonds

2026-10-17Earnings: Lasertec, Socionext, Ibiden, SCREEN Holdings, Nippon Kodoshi, Yondenko, Chudenko, Nomura Micro Science, JVCKENWOOD, Seria, Makino Milling Machine, Takamatsu Machinery, Nippon Seiko, M&A Capital Partners Silver Price Today (XtXZldJTYJ)

2026-10-17Sumitomo Forestry: Earthquake- and Fire-Resistant Technologies Enabling High-Rise Buildings Made of Wood, Advancing a Sustainable Future with Pollen-Free Cedar and Waste-Wood Fuel!