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(Adds more Kato comments, context) By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday that the government was concerned about excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market as the yen came under pressure due to fiscal concerns. "We have been recently seeing one-sided, rapid moves on the foreign exchange market," he said, signaling concerns over the yen's sharp downturn since the election of fiscal dove Sanae Takaichi as the ruling party's new leader on Saturday. The Japanese yen is on pace for a near 4% drop over the week, its biggest decline since early October last year, as investors fret about Takaichi's more fiscally expansive policy stance and fast-receding chances of a near-term rate hike. "As I have stated before, what's important is that exchange rates move in a stable manner, reflecting economic fundamentals," Kato said at a regular news conference. "The government will thoroughly monitor for excessive fluctuations and disorderly movements in the forex market." Speaking generally about the impact of exchange rate moves in the Japanese economy, there are both positive and negative effects that manifest through various channels, Kato said. "The extent and nature of these effects vary depending on the domestic and global economic environment at the time," he added. On Thursday, Takaichi said in a television interview that she wouldn't want to trigger excessive yen declines. "But in general, there are pros and cons to a weak yen," Takaichi said. While a weak yen serves as a buffer for manufacturers hit by higher U.S. tariffs, it hurts households by pushing up the cost of raw material imports, she said. (Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Sam Holmes)

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Oct 10 (Stats Perform) – Results from the NCAAF games on Thursday (home team in CAPS) KENNESAW STATE 35 Louisiana Tech 7 TULANE 26 East Carolina 19

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By Junko Fujita TOKYO, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Friday as investors booked profits ahead of a three-day weekend from the fast-paced rally, while Uniqlo brand owner Fast Retailing jumped after posting a record profit. As of 0221 GMT, the Nikkei was down 0.9% at 48,117.92. The broader Topix slipped 1.62% to 3,205.05. "It was natural that investors wanted to book profits after the sharp rally," said Shuutarou Yasuda, a market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Intelligence Laboratory. The Nikkei surged 5% so far this week, after Sanae Takaichi was placed on course to become the next prime minister, boosting expectations of renewed fiscal stimulus and loose monetary policy. "But worries that whether Takaichi can successfully secure coalition partners are growing. The stocks rose on expectations of Takaichi's fiscal spending, but if the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) can not form a solid coalition, Takaichi's plans may not go ahead," Yasuda said. Technology investor SoftBank Group lost 3.74% to become the biggest drag on the Nikkei. Chip-related shares fell, with Advantest and Tokyo Electron slipping 2% and 1.5%, respectively. The Nikkei rose by around 6,000 points from the low on September 3 to the previous session. Of which, 70% of the gains came from the rally of those three firms, said Kazuaki Shimada, chief strategist at IwaiCosmo Securities. Fast Retailing jumped 6.3% to become the biggest support for the Nikkei, after it posted a record high profit for the year ended August, and forecast a fifth-straight year of record profit in fiscal 2026 on its aggressive expansion in North America and Europe. All but one of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's 33 industry sub-indexes fell, with the brokerage index losing 3.8% to become the worst performer. The retail sector edged up 0.59%. (Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

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(Adds details of warnings for other countries paragraphs 4-6 quote from official paragraph 7-8, background) * Tsunami warnings for Philippines, Indonesia * Philippines warns people in some coastal areas to seek high ground * Philippine provincial governor says some reports of damage By Mikhail Flores MANILA, Oct 10 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday, the country's seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal areas urged to evacuate to higher ground. The Phivolcs agency warned of damage and aftershocks from the strong offshore quake, which struck in waters off Manay town in Davao Oriental in the Mindanao region. It said the quake happened at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The agency called on people in coastal towns in the central and southern Philippines to immediately evacuate to higher ground or move further inland, saying wave heights of up to more than one metre above normal tides could be expected. A tsunami warning was also issued in Indonesia for its northern Sulawesi and Papua regions, warning of waves as high as 50 cm hitting Indonesia's shorelines. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat, saying hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km (186 miles) of the earthquake's epicenter. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said waves of 1 to 3 metres above tide level were possible in the Philippines, and also said some coasts in Indonesia and Palau could see waves of up to 1 metre. The governor of the southern Philippine province of Davao Oriental said people panicked when the earthquake struck. "Some buildings were reported to have been damaged," Edwin Jubahib told broadcaster DZMM. "It was very strong." Local authorities in the affected region in the Philippines could not immediately be reached. The strong quake came two weeks after the Philippines experienced its deadliest quake in more than a decade, with 72 people killed on the island of Cebu. That was a magnitude of 6.9 and also struck offshore. The Philippines sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and experiences more than 800 quakes each year. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre put the quake's magnitude at 7.4 and its depth at 58 km (36 miles). (Reporting by Mikhail Flores in Manila and Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by John Mair)

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Fraser Minten's goal at 2:12 of overtime lifted the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night. After rushing up ice on a 2-on-1 with Morgan Geekie, the 21-year-old Minten buried a wrist shot from the right circle to secure Boston's second win in as many nights to begin the regular season. Casey Mittelstadt, Tanner Jeannot and Elias Lindholm were the other scorers and Joonas Korpisalo made 21 saves for Boston, who tied Toronto for the longest active streak in the NHL with 10 straight home-opening victories. Korpisalo's best work came in overtime, as he stopped Frank Nazar on a 2-on-1 all alone at the doorstep within the first minute before gloving Connor Bedard's break-in attempt. Bedard and Andre Burakovsky led Chicago with a goal and an assist apiece. Louis Crevier also scored. Arvid Soderblom made 29 saves in the Blackhawks net. Boston had a 33-24 advantage in shots. The teams traded goals in all three regulation periods. The Bruins lost defenseman Hampus Lindholm to a lower-body injury after 4:26 of ice time in the first period. Lindholm played in just 17 games last season due to a broken kneecap. Elias Lindholm needed only 15 seconds of third-period time to take advantage of a 5-on-3. He finished a crisp passing sequence with Pavel Zacha and David Pastrnak after the puck bounced off a Chicago defender in the crease. Burakovsky finished off an easy rush into the offensive zone with a snapper from the high slot 2:22 into the final frame. Soderblom backstopped Chicago's penalty kill of an Artyom Levshunov high- sticking call inside the final three minutes to extend the game past regulation. The Bruins overcame Chicago's roaring start by scoring on their second shot 3:53 into the first period. Mittelstadt finished off a strong play from Boston's second line, shooting home a loose puck that Viktor Arvidsson funneled into the slot. Bedard brought the Blackhawks back even at 8:19, taking Burakovsky's cross-ice pass into the left circle for a heavy one-time shot. The visitors took their first lead on Crevier's one-time snipe from the top of the right circle at 2:22 of the second. The young defenseman scored high on Korpisalo's glove side. Boston's cast of secondary scorers showed through again on a game-tying goal at 9:10 of the second. After Michael Eyssimont spun out of the corner and into the right circle, Jeannot slotted home a rebound that Soderblom left in the crease. Korpisalo made a key save on Sam Rinzel's rush chance from the slot with 2:45 left in the second, allowing the Bruins to take the lead on the back end of their 5-on-3. –Field Level Media

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