Overview
- The European Commission ordered Google on Thursday to share anonymized search‑derived data with competitors and to allow rival AI services access to key Android features, requiring sharing to begin by January under the Digital Markets Act.
- Japan's Tourism Agency told municipalities they may set 'zero‑day' limits that effectively ban short‑term rentals in residential areas where noise, trash or other disturbances harm living conditions, reversing its earlier promotion of民泊.
- Publisher Futabasha announced on Thursday it will recall the book 'Rupo Rojou Meshi,' stop digital distribution and apologized after finding multiple discriminatory passages and reporting methods that risked identifying vulnerable individuals.
- Tokyo markets reacted sharply to the cluster of regulatory and operational shocks with the Nikkei plunging about 1,495 yen by 9:15 a.m., a move linked in reports to tech and corporate troubles including a NiChirei cyber incident that has disrupted frozen‑food logistics.
- Domestic social and funding responses continued alongside regulation with the B.League and Japan Foundation saying they will award roughly ¥300 million to 28 clubs for regional revitalization projects this fiscal year.