A: Japan

• Office occupancy rises, flow of people around business districts reaches 80% of pre covid numbers. 
• Book stores disappear at a rate of 1 a day. 70% expected to die in the next 30 years. 
• Thai nationals arrested for stealing copper cables
• 匿名・流動型犯罪グループ “tokuryu” crime groups breaking into houses in the Kanto area, assaulting people and stealing money. 
• Netflix raises prices in Japan, 1590JPY for standard (existing subscribers can maintain 990JPY rate for now). Asahi beer price rises 5-8% April next year. 
• “Kachi-kumi” average salaries rise to 20mil JPY/ year. Itouchu, Mitsubishi shouji, Mitsui bussan. Up from 14mil in 2015. 
• Japan records 7th straight quarter of trading deficits. (3 trillion JPY). 

B: Bitcoin ~49mins

• ECB paper on Bitcoin

https://x.com/tuurdemeester/status/1847512241173582058?s=61

• Saylor upsets the laser eyed maxis
• Stacker News goes non custodial

C: World News ~1hr 19min

• Trump’s comedy masterclass at the Al Smith Dinner. 
• Trump to appear on Rogan? 
• France moving to citizen based taxation.