💬 Quoted… “[Designed to maintain] the highest of Japanese sensibilities.”

The Toyota Century – often described as the Rolls-Royce of Japanese cars – has been a frequent vehicle choice of Japan’s royalty, CEOs, and other bigwigs, but little-known to those outside of the country. Much like the leaves over the next few months, however, that’s sure to change.

• The super-luxury model, which starts at ~$170,000 and was almost exclusively sold in Japan, will soon be offered to customers in all regions of the world for the first time.

🪙 Stat of the Day: The crypto boom, drop, and whatever it’s doing now has resulted in investors collectively losing billions of dollars. But, as in any market, there were also winners – just not that many. According to a report released by Henley & Partners on Monday, a very small percentage of the 425 million people trading crypto possess any significant assets. Per the report, 88,200 people have crypto assets worth at least $1 million (0.02% of users) – and only 22 have crypto holdings worth $1 billion (0.000005%). For context, there are ~56 million people in the world with non-crypto assets worth >$1 million, a figure equivalent to 0.7% of the global population.

🤔 Did You Know?... Like bananas to the Bluths, at Costco, there’s always money in the Kirkland Signature brand. Kirkland generated $58 billion in revenue during the 2021 fiscal year, more than Delta ($30 billion), American Express ($44 billion), and Nike ($45 billion).

📰 Worth a Read: Return-to-Office Is a $1.3 Trillion Problem Few Have Figured Out → (Bloomberg)