Overview

• The government set April 1, 2027 for the launch of the new '育成就労' system under revised immigration laws, terminating the technical intern program created in 1993.
• Nagoya Institute of Technology will raise annual tuition by 20% to ¥642,960 starting with 2026 entrants, the first such increase by a national university outside the Tokyo area.
• The Public Pollution Adjustment Commission ruled building-material maker Nichias responsible for asbestos from its Hashima plant and ordered compensation over a worker’s mesothelioma death.
• Chiba Prefectural Police sent case files to prosecutors for four Choshi city employees and two contractors over suspected leaking of municipal bid information on road projects.
• Japan Innovation Party leader Yoshimura said his party would enter talks if the LDP’s new leader seeks a coalition, framing participation as contingent on policy priorities.