Overnight attention stayed on Typhoon No.26 Surigae, expected to approach the Izu Islands late on the 30th and make its closest approach to Kanto on Oct.1, with warnings of warning-level rain in Chiba still recovering from Typhoon No.25.
By morning focus shifted to the Tokyo District Court's dismissal of voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's deletion request against TikTok over AI-imitated voice videos, already deleted, while ruling for the first time that unauthorized use of a voice infringes publicity rights, with voice enjoying protection like portrait.
Attention then moved to Hitachiomiya's mayor accepting a literature survey for high-level nuclear waste, the fifth nationally, amid criticism of closed proceedings.
Nidec drew scrutiny after filing a ¥564.6 billion final loss with its auditor issuing a disclaimer of opinion over false explanations involving executives.