Overview
- Following the Oct. 28 U.S.–Japan summit, Tokyo made no announcement to halt Russian energy, signaling continued LNG purchases from Sakhalin‑2 as Europe moves toward a year‑end cutoff in 2026.
- A court in the Shinzo Abe assassination case held its second hearing, where a lawmaker who witnessed the shooting testified about the scene.
- Tokushima prefectural police arrested a 46-year-old man who drove a kei car into the front entrance of Tokushima Meisei Police Station, with the suspect telling officers he intended to protest the judiciary and police; no injuries were reported.
- JR Central suspended all services on the Taketoyo Line after a person came into contact with a train between Kamezaki and Otogawa stations late on Oct. 29.
- A complaint filed with police accuses a former Matsumoto Kokusai High School baseball coach of roughly ¥20 million in unaccounted club expenditures, which the school says amounts to only several tens of thousands of yen; the former coach denies embezzlement.