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For decades nori-wrapped rice dish was mainly a snack eaten at home or in a bento, but now it has come into its own

Moderate faces challenges over cost-of-living crisis, public trust and threats to regional stability from China and North Korea

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are trending down -0.04% this morning as investors braced for the release of the Federal Reserve’s first-line inflation gauge, which will offer further insights into the trajectory of U.S. interest rates.

The person chosen to lead Japan’s governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and big challenges ahead of him as he tries to unite a fractious party and hold off an opposition eager to…