Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026
Japan
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: CalCs - Calendar Complications · オービスガイド - 移動式オービス・ネズミ捕り対応 · リスパス - リスニングで合格！英語共通テスト・大学受験対策 · TEDICT · どんどん話すための瞬間英作文トレーニング. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
Franchises and brands here
- The Lion King franchise
Topics that belong to the same franchise, brand, series or maker on Wikidata, among the topics on the country pages today.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,457 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- 妻が「ChatGPT」を使って夫を毒殺しようとしたとして、夫がOpenAIを提訴 (cnet.com)
- 「新語・流行語大賞」ノミネート AI関連語が5語 「りくりゅう」「モナキ」も - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 社会 (sponichi.co.jp)
- Japan's Nikkei posts 3rd-largest point drop on record as AI-linked stocks tumble (japanherald.com)
- 統一地方選 候補者情報が不足/塩川議員 選挙公報活用を/衆院政治改革特委 (jcp.or.jp)
- 米就業者数１６万５千人増 １０月失業率４・１％に改善：中日新聞Web (chunichi.co.jp)
- Kemarin, pertumbuhan ekonomi kuartal III 2026 hingga penurunan TPT (antaranews.com)
- 化石燃料から脱却早く/気候変動イニシアティブが政策提言 | しんぶん赤旗｜日本共産党 (jcp.or.jp)
- Takaichi to skip U.N. climate talks in Turkey (japantoday.com)
Survey · 2023 86% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- 経済は強靭だがインフレ率は高すぎる、目標回帰不可欠とＮＹ連銀総裁 | ニューズウィーク日本版 オフィシャルサイト (newsweekjapan.jp)
- Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (fool.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.3positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.2The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual1.6 words per 1,000usually 1.9The GDELT Project
- Fear0.7× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual4.6 words per 1,000usually 5.1The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 4.9The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual4.2 words per 1,000usually 4.2The GDELT Project
Also in the news
- Economic policy uncertainty99.2from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −16.3 since Jun 2026Arbatli, Davis, Ito and Miake (2019), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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Monaneko, CC BY 3.0 Daniel Torok, Public domain Rising
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
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Nature, climate & disasters
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Crime & justice
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Books, arts & history
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Education & careers
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Everyday app
Gaming
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Health & wellness
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Movies & TV
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Sports
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内閣官房内閣広報室, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Gaffky, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
Startups
Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0
Travel & places
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
Industries here
Media & entertainment 32Music 22Gaming 18Sports & fitness 8Government & public sector 4Education 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news4reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 2 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news19reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 12 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation1.9%Jul 2026 · +0.2 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment2.5%Jun 2026 · +0.0 pts since May 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Consumer confidence97.7100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.2 since Apr 2026OECD
- Central bank rate1.25%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices2.4%Q4 2025 · +1.1 pts since Q3 2025BIS
- GDP growth1.2%2025 · +1.4 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment3.9%2025 · −0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro176.8JPY per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro +0.6% since 30 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
- Business confidence101.2100 = long-run averageMar 2026 · +0.0 since Feb 2026OECD
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Surgery
- Molecular Biology
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Society
- People online85.5%2024 · +0.5 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government24.0%OECD Trust Survey2021OECD Trust Survey
- Say humans mainly cause climate change44.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority59.9%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Extraordinary Attorney Minami
2Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
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3LOST10
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4The Apothecary Diaries
5Love Village
6PoliticaLupin
7Firefly Wedding
8Midnight Diner
9Plastic Beauty
10STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Black Showman
2What if Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was To Become the Prime Minister
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3Shylock's Children
4Surviving Hurricane Otis
5The Guardian
6The Last House on the Left
7Godzilla Minus One
8The Addams Family
9Black Night Parade
10Land of Happiness
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Vaundy
2Ayumu Imazu
3EBiDAN (恵比寿学園男子部), 超特急, M!LK & 原因は自分にある。
4YAO
5Mrs. Green Apple
7Milk
9Illit
Apple Music · 2026-11-07
App Store · Paid apps
1Chromagraph Camera
2280blocker
3Shadowrocket
4FlickMe
5AnkiMobile Flashcards
6CalCs - Calendar Complications
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7オービスガイド - 移動式オービス・ネズミ捕り対応
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8Procreate
9Atlas der Humananatomie 2027
10TypeDraw
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App Store · 2026-11-07
Steam · Top sellers
1Aion 2
2Apex Legends
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3Final Fantasy Resonance
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4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
5Phantom Blade Zero
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6Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond
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7Probably Stolen
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8Anomalith
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9Culdcept Begins
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10eFootball
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.