Overview
- World Peace Unification Family Federation said President Tomihiro Tanaka has decided to resign and announced a news conference at its Tokyo headquarters to explain the move.
- Plaintiffs opposing the government’s partial response to a Supreme Court ruling on welfare cuts held a Diet rally with over 150 attendees, demanding full compensation and a direct apology.
- Investigators probing a string of Tokyo-area robberies report 38 arrests and say only a few recruits were paid after being lured by illicit ‘black job’ ads and treated as expendable.
- Police forensic work has analyzed about 750 smartphones and identified more than 50 instruction accounts, with group chats referencing willingness to carry out robberies.
- Jakarta police said a building fire killed 20 people, and Reuters reported the site is believed to house the local office of Japanese drone firm Terra Drone.