Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Glico's first Giant Cone collaboration with the anime The Apothecary Diaries brings Maomao and Jinshi packs and a receipt-entry prize draw running from 7 September to 29 November.

Lebanese ice cream maker Bachir is serving scoops in Hello Kitty cups, with tub boxes and merchandise, at four Dubai and Sharjah shops from 7 September to 31 October 2026.

JLR will cut around 4,000 roles, about 10% of its global workforce, over two years, mostly salaried and management jobs in the UK, as it targets £1.7 billion of savings.

Oreno’s Japanese kappo branch opened in Kitashinchi on September 7, serving seafood, Matsusaka beef and rice cooked to order.

Haitai's Fall in café series puts café drinks on Matdongsan, Sand Ace, Jayu Sigan and Oyes, limited to 3.2 million units, announced on 7 September 2026.

PARM Caramel Vanille wraps caramel-vanilla ice with a salted caramel sauce core in white chocolate, in an 80 ml bar at 190 yen before tax from 7 September.

Magnum's UK ice cream pints are renamed Magnum Crackables, adding a pistachio flavour to Classic and Salted Caramel at £4.95 RRP for a 440 ml tub, rolling out through September 2026.

The Ismaili Center’s all-day café serves breakfast and regional dishes.

A Thai-Lao counter with about ten stools in the O'ahu Market, known for house Lao sausage, Penang curry and nem khao.

The International Chocolate Awards holds its online winners' celebration for the 2026 Americas (USA, Latin America and Caribbean) and Canadian competitions on 8 September 2026, with Cacao Hunters, Qantu and Sleep Walk among the top-scoring makers.

PISA 2025, released on 8 September 2026, tested about 760,000 students in science, reading and maths, with an OECD average of 482 in science and mathematics down 46 points since 2003.

A London steakhouse arrives in Fort Point with charcoal cooking and seafood.

An all-day Italian table from Victoria Luciano and Keita Sukeno, with Japanese influences.

A Northumbria University team using the William Herschel Telescope's WEAVE spectrograph found unusually nitrogen-rich gas in the tail of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, pointing to formation at about 30 kelvin far from its home star.

EverBank and Seattle-based WaFd announced on 8 September 2026 a US$3.9 billion reverse merger creating a US$75 billion-asset regional bank, due to close in the first quarter of 2027.

Vuori named Emmy-nominated actor Chase Infiniti its newest partner in "Find What Moves You", a dance film directed by Renell Medrano and choreographed by Sean Bankhead with her Chicago dance crew.

Iron Gate and Coffee Stain Publishing released Valheim 1.0 on 9 September 2026, ending more than five years in Steam Early Access with the Deep North biome and new PlayStation 5 and Switch 2 versions. It ranks ninth on Steam's most-played chart for the week to 2 October 2026, with a peak of 180,507 players.

A California-French bistro and wine bar with a seasonal à la carte menu.

Vietnamese cooking shaped by Louisiana roots and French café influences.

Wiwynn's server-rack plant in Socorro, near El Paso and its first US factory, is expanding to make hardware for Amazon's data centers, with nearly 1,000 new manufacturing jobs expected by the end of 2027 and a Wiwynn investment of over $1.6 billion.

Signet Jewelers, the parent of Kay, Zales and Jared, posted $1.5 billion of quarterly sales on 2.2% same-store-sales growth, more than tripled operating income to $87.5 million, and raised its full-year adjusted profit guidance by over 10%.

Square Enix surprise-released Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion on Nintendo Switch 2, bringing the remastered FFVII prequel's enhanced graphics, remastered soundtrack, and updated combat to the new console.

Inditex's first-half 2026 net sales rose 7.6% to €19.8 billion (9.2% at constant currency) and net income increased 6.8% to €3.0 billion, with the Zara owner citing strong demand for its Spring/Summer collections in stores and online.