Overview
- Japan's finance minister Satsuki Katayama met with the U.S. Treasury secretary at the G20 on Monday to review exchange‑rate moves and the effects of the July 31 coordinated yen‑buying intervention.
- The Defense Ministry removed the phrase '新しい守り方' from FY2027 briefing materials after criticism from LDP defense faction members and replaced it with wording about 'responding to new ways of fighting'.
- In Kumamoto's Hikawa town, schools delayed the start of term by one week and consolidated evacuees into gymnasiums because classrooms were being used as shelters after a major earthquake.
- Hyogo prefectural police submitted a murder case file on Sept. 1 charging a suspect who died at the scene, a routine prosecutorial referral practice in Japan even when the suspect is deceased.
- High‑profile cultural and sports developments include Lionel Messi's announced retirement from Argentina's national team, JFA honorary chair Kozo Tajima's public criticism of FIFA operations, and Shinchosha's plan to publish a 16‑volume Haruki Murakami collected works starting January, while questions persist about the Aichi–Nagoya Asian Games' domestic legacy.