Overview
- Senegal beat hosts Morocco 1–0 in extra time in Rabat to secure a second African title, with Idrissa Gueye scoring the winner.
- China’s National Bureau of Statistics said 2025 real GDP grew 5.0%, matching the government’s “around 5%” target as consumer subsidy programs supported demand.
- Japan’s new 10‑year government bond yield touched 2.220% on Jan. 19, the highest since February 1999, after LDP secretary‑general Shunichi Suzuki signaled election pledges to cut the food consumption tax rate to 0%.
- Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo was substituted in the second half against Barcelona with a suspected left hamstring injury, according to match reports.
- Sapporo’s Atsubetsu Police detained two men on Jan. 18 on suspicion of attempted fraud and are investigating them as cash couriers for a special fraud group.