Tsutomu Sugimori, former chairman of ENEOS Holdings, the largest oil wholesaler, suddenly resigned on the 12th of last month due to personal reasons.

On September 20th, after the consecutive holidays, the Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei Stock Average temporarily rose above 300 yen. A wait-and-see attitude strengthened, and the range of price increases narrowed.

It has been more than a month since cyberattack have been continuously targeting government institutions. After previously leaking data at PLN, Indihome, 1.3 billion sim card registration data, and finally 105 million voter data, this time it was the classified documents and letters sent to the president that were leaked.

In response to the government’s decision to keep the selling price of imported wheat at the current level from next month onward as a countermeasure against soaring food prices, major milling companies announced one after another that they would keep the price of commercial flour unchanged.

Natural gas prices in the European market temporarily fell due to supply concerns after Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom announced it would suspend natural gas supply through a major pipeline to Germany from the end of this month, increased over 10%.

Japan is considering to deploy 1.000 long-range cruise missiles to increase its capability to ward off potential attack from China, quoted by CNN Indonesia.

Toward the realization of a decarbonized society, the three megabanks and government affiliated financial institutions in Japan will establish a public-private fund this fall to support companies working to spread renewable energy.

Quoted from TEMPO.CO, the government and Bank of Indonesia launched seven new banknotes for the 2022 issue year or TE 2022 Money, Thursday, August 18, 2022. The seven 2022 TE money are officially valid, issued, and circulated in the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) coincides with the 77th anniversary of Indonesia Independence, August 17, 2022.

In order to prevent car accident caused by tires such as punctures while driving, a new system was developed to automatically detects conditions such as tire pressure using IT technology.

The government plans to review the criteria for selecting operators through bidding for offshore wind power generation, which the government is focusing on introducing to realize decarbonization.

American entertainment giant Walt Disney announced that the number of members of its internet video distribution service, including its affiliated sports distribution service, has reached 221.1 million, exceed Netflix.

The SoftBank Group, which had a final deficit of more than 3 trillion yen in its financial results from April to June, announced that it would sell part of its shares in Alibaba Group, China's largest online retailer. The aim is to strengthen the financial base, and as a result, it will be removed from the SoftBank Group's affiliates.