Overview
- Tokyo Stock Exchange held its year-end session with the Nikkei closing in the 50,000-yen range after a record year for equities.
- At the National High School Rugby Tournament in Higashiosaka, Tokai University Osaka Gyosei edged Saga Technical 7–6 to advance, and Higashi Fukuoka is slated to face Waseda Jitsugyo in today’s second round.
- Kitami police are investigating an SNS-linked investment fraud after a man in his 30s reported losing about ¥1.52 million in cryptocurrency.
- In Tokyo, an esthetic-salon employee was stabbed in an apartment and a man fled the scene, with police treating it as a developing case.
- Obihiro city councilor Yosuke Ueno will hold a January 7 press conference to formally announce his candidacy for the April 2026 mayoral election.