BREAKING: The Bank of Japan's total assets dropped -$146 billion in Q2 2026, to $3.97 trillion, the lowest since Q1 2020.

This also marks the largest quarterly decline since the Quantitative Tightening (QT) program began in August 2024.

Since the Q1 2024 peak, the BoJ has reduced its balance sheet by -$726 billion, or -15.6%.

Japanese government bond holdings fell -$78 billion in Q2, to $3.22 trillion, the lowest since Q3 2020.

Since the 2023 peak, JGB holdings have dropped -$459 billion, or -12.5%.

The BoJ also sold -$74 million in equity ETFs and J-REITs last quarter, bringing its holdings down by -1.0%, to $234 billion, the lowest since 2022.

Japan’s bond market is poised for more volatility.

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JUST IN: US deploys 20 warships and 2 aircraft carriers toward Iran

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BREAKING: The S&P 500 closes rises for a second straight week and closes just 0.6% away from a fresh record high

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Pit bulls kill and maim small children every single day.

No other breed is doing this. Hell, they're even the breed that somehow pulls this off when there aren't that many of them, like in Germany.

The entire breed needs to go.

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Hey HomeDepot, your associate at Store 2913 clearly has no interest in helping male customers and doesn’t even know your own products. That kind of dismissive, unprofessional service is unacceptable and reflects poorly on your brand.

Please address it. Your customers deserve better.

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The US government is moving ahead with plans to establish a government-owned aircraft fleet to aid deportation operations around the clock.

The Department of Homeland Security is seeking a contractor to operate and maintain two C-37B or equivalent Gulfstream 650ERs and seven Boeing 737-700s or similar aircraft for deportation flights, emergency response and senior-official transport.

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What If The Ocean Got Flushed?

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BREAKING: Washington gives Iran a SATURDAY deadline to publicly surrender the strait fight, or face "not a great day."

-Per Axios, the U.S. is demanding Iran publicly declare the Strait of Hormuz open, toll-free, and commit to stop firing on ships, conveyed directly and through mediators

-The stunning admission: a U.S. official claims Iran called after this week's skirmishes saying "We screwed up. We made a mistake. Let's keep talking"

-U.S. officials describe a power struggle inside Tehran, with "radical elements" firing on ships to claw back leverage after Oman's southern corridor undercut Iran's position

-Araghchi meets Oman's foreign minister Saturday in Muscat, where Washington expects the statement to emerge

-The threat if it doesn't: "It is not gonna be a great day for them"

-Officials say three weeks of talks have made real progress toward a nuclear deal, though Trump's patience is "not a lot of space and time"

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When I think about the reasons I would give my life for England, I tend not to think of anything discursive. I think instead of the rolling hills of West Dorset on a summer’s eve, as seen from this knoll on Powerstock Common. This is where I shall live and die

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