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Japan’s Nikkei plunged 2.97%, tracking Wall Street’s technology sell-off as rising global bond yields and renewed Middle East uncertainty dampened risk appetite. Semiconductor stocks led declines, with Kioxia and Furukawa Electric falling over 10%. SoftBank also dropped sharply, while Mercari, Shiseido and Otsuka Holdings gained despite the broad market decline.

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A second-hand pop-up store in Tokyo by casual clothing giant Uniqlo was a first for the Japanese firm, but also a sign that a local aversion to used garments may finally be fading.

Pokemon cards are disappearing from store shelves across Japan as thieves swipe them and trying to cash in on their high resale value.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, handmaking things at home has become popular. But the hobby has also brought about a problem: selling goods that are remade with parts of genuine brand-name items can constitute an infringement of trademark rights, and the seller may be caught by police.

The listing of stolen goods on internet marketplaces has become rampant in recent years. Even though platform operators prohibit such practices in their terms of use, in reality, countermeasures have not kept pace with the problem.