Overview

• JA Group Kyoto chair Yasuhiro Nakagawa denied tax evasion at a Sept. 28 news conference and confirmed a Sept. 25 review petition to the National Tax Tribunal after the Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau flagged roughly ¥800 million in issues tied to related companies.
• According to reporting based on people familiar with the probe, tax authorities deemed about ¥500 million as concealed income at related firms and treated roughly ¥300 million as personal inflows to Nakagawa, with additional taxes reportedly imposed.
• The Fair Trade Commission on Sept. 29 determined supermarket operator Olympic violated the Subcontract Act by reducing payments to 16 private‑label manufacturers.
• Former mayor Suguru Momohara won back the Tonaki Village post on Sept. 28 with 121 votes, defeating the incumbent by 16 votes on 88.72% turnout, the election commission reported.
• Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki reiterated efforts to block the Henoko relocation through dialogue with the central government and declined to state whether he will seek a third term, while Maebashi Mayor Akira Ogawa set Oct. 2 for a full‑council explanation over meetings with a married senior official.