日本首相高市早苗：通過打造強勁的經濟，日本能夠增強市場對日元的信心。

KYODO reported on Sunday that Prime Minister TAKAICHI's cabinet approval rating slid to 49.1% in an Oct. 17-18 poll, the lowest since she took office in Oct. last year. The decline follows criticism of her handling of the resignation of the agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister, who quit Wednesday after remarks about cutting road-construction funding to local governments that do not support him were reported. KYODO said 57.7% of respondents felt TAKAICHI's decision to remove the minister was too late and 81.5% said his resignation was warranted. The minister had been appointed in last month's cabinet reshuffle and was publicly rebuked by TAKAICHI in parliament after the remarks surfaced earlier this month.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said Russian strikes on the night of the 17th hit substations in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa, cutting power to tens of thousands of households; two people were killed and 12 wounded in the air raids. Zelenskiy said that since US President Trump declared an "energy ceasefire" a week ago, Russia has carried out 76 attacks on Ukrainian power, oil and gas facilities and, over the past week, launched about 2,700 attack drones, more than 1,700 aerial bombs and 66 missiles, with air strikes mainly targeting energy infrastructure. Ukrainian officials and energy firms reported emergency blackouts in Kyiv city and region, Odesa and Ternopil between the night of the 17th and early 18th.