BOJ & FX Watch: The Bank of Japan ran a “rate check” with banks ahead of Japan’s holiday stretch, a move markets read as preparation for possible yen intervention; the yen firmed after the check, while expectations for another near-term hike cooled after a split vote. Typhoon Disruption: Typhoon Dujuan is battering Japan’s Kanto region with evacuation advisories for over 1.6 million people, hundreds of flight cancellations, and power outages, with heavy-rain and landslide risks rising toward Tuesday. AI Health Push: Craif, a Tokyo-founded AI diagnostics firm, says it has scaled urine-based pancreatic cancer screening in Japan and is now expanding R&D via a new San Diego lab as it targets global profitability. Nuclear Supply Chain: NovAccel set up a U.S. subsidiary to expand North American actinium-225 supply for radiopharmaceuticals, aiming to build longer-term manufacturing capability. Energy & Industry Deals: Osaka Gas is set to buy a 5% stake in BP’s proposed Browse LNG megaproject, while Cosmo Oil and partners plan to turn SAF by-product naphtha into lower-carbon chemical feedstock. Regional Diplomacy: South Korea, the U.S., and Japan foreign ministers are set for UNGA talks in New York, with Arctic cooperation and energy among the agenda items. Japan Business & Society: Japan’s neighborhood bathhouses keep shrinking—down more than 80% in 50 years—as home bathrooms and fuel costs squeeze operators.