Japan
- Japan weighs defense plan worth up to $508bn, sources say
- K2 Pictures $32m fund seeks 50-film Japan slate
- Japan faces ASEAN doctrine test after Fukuda dies at 90
- Japan & Asia: Switch 2 leads Famitsu as Korea fines stores
- Economists see Bank of Japan rate at 1.50% in December
- Japan's older workers make up 31.3% of serious workplace accidents
- JR Central and JR West to raise Tokyo-Shin-Osaka fare by ¥700

