Overview
- The Ministry of Defense and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force showed the 25式地対艦誘導弾 to residents at a Kumamoto JGSDF base on Saturday, describing the long‑range missile as capable of roughly 1,000 km.
- Defense officials said the system will be deployed to the large U.S.–Japan integrated exercise Keen Sword at the Ōnohara training area this month, marking its first major operational demonstration since introduction.
- At the Asian Games in Nagoya, headline competitions reached late stages with wrestler Fujinami Akari pursuing a reported 153‑match winning streak and Japan's men's soccer team advancing to a final against three‑time champion South Korea.
- Nagoya's Kinjo‑futo Arena completed its squash schedule after installing protective nets to address a May ceiling‑component fall, with city officials reporting no further safety incidents during the event.
- Japanese aid groups including PARCIC held a Tokyo event on Saturday urging sustained support for Gaza, reporting ongoing shortages of clean water, medicines and treatment for malnutrition despite intermittent pauses in fighting.