Overview
- Germany's public health agency estimated about 5,100 excess deaths from a late‑June heatwave, a figure published on July 9 that health officials say highlights rising climate‑driven mortality risks.
- Kyushu Electric Power Transmission & Distribution reported losing a physical storage device holding customer records for almost all of Kyushu and has submitted its findings and planned countermeasures to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
- Data collected by Saga prefecture show V‑22 Osprey takeoffs and landings at Saga Airport numbered about 1,434 in the ten months through April, roughly 37 percent of the Defense Ministry's projected annual total one year after the aircraft were based there.
- Rice farmers in Niigata announced a '百姓一揆' demonstration for July 11 to protest falling rice prices and sharply higher input costs, saying continued losses threaten the ability to keep farming and will affect local food production.
- A prefectural survey of school club travel found eight schools had not signed written contracts with bus companies after a fatal May microbus crash, prompting education authorities to order formal contract rules and safety improvements.