Overview

• Nagoya’s Atsuta investigation unit re-arrested two elementary-school teachers, marking their third arrests in a group case that police say involves four educators and more than 25 girls whose images were shared via an app.
• A Hiroshima high-school teacher hired in April was arrested on suspicion of attempting to illicitly film three teenagers by placing recording equipment in a Chiba school gym storage area, with police saying he has remained silent.
• JR West disclosed errors in the placement or labeling of speed-limit signs at 11 locations across multiple lines, including signs posted 5 km/h higher than the limit, and said flawed data handling and checks caused the mistakes.
• Komeito issued its postmortem on its Senate election defeat, attributing voter backlash to endorsements of LDP candidates tied to the slush-fund scandal and labeling the party’s situation an existential crisis requiring reform.
• At a regular briefing, the Imperial Household Agency chief voiced deep concern about the shrinking number of royals and urged progress in Diet talks on measures to secure the imperial family’s future.