Overview

• Wood from the Osaka/Kansai Expo’s “large roof ring” is set to be transferred to Suzu City for reuse in reconstruction housing, with a formal decision expected as the Expo closes on October 13.
• Ishikawa Prefecture still aims to finish publicly funded demolitions by the end of October, but completion was 86.1% as of September 15, making the deadline uncertain.
• The Supreme Court moved to examine bail operations following the Okawahara Kakoki wrongful‑conviction case, after a detained former company adviser with cancer was denied bail and later died.
• The Saga Prefectural Assembly drafted a resolution calling for an independent third‑party investigation into alleged DNA testing misconduct at the prefectural police forensic laboratory.
• A partial U.S. government shutdown has begun under the Trump administration, furloughing about 750,000 federal workers, and Prime Minister Ishiba pledged measures to cushion tariff impacts on Japanese industry.