Morning trading opened with Tokyo stocks plunging on DeepSeek's AI breakthrough, erasing the equivalent of "two Toyotas" from Nvidia's market value. A major sinkhole in Yashio consumed a truck, initiating an 11-hour rescue operation that continued into the evening.
The Kyoto Animation case reached its conclusion as Shinji Aoba withdrew his appeal, finalizing his death sentence. This development dominated afternoon coverage across all media platforms. Weekly Bunshun issued a correction regarding their Nakai scandal reporting, following yesterday's extended Fuji TV press conference aftermath.
The evening brought news of economist Takuro Morinaga's death at 67, while reports emerged of a passenger aircraft fire evacuation in Busan. The Kakatsu CLUB data breach affecting 7.29 million users remained in focus throughout the day.