Overview

• Justice Minister Koki Suzuki released an interim report and formed a project team inside the Immigration Services Agency to draft multiple foreign‑resident reception scenarios, including whether to set intake limits.
• Policy modeling will prepare for cases where foreign residents reach the 10% range of the population and will assess effects on labor, public order, social security, and education.
• The government expanded fiscal support for nuclear plant host communities from a 10‑kilometer radius to 30 kilometers to help fund evacuation‑related infrastructure, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba urging full support for the Kashiwazaki‑Kariwa restart effort.
• Mitsubishi Corporation’s exit from the planned Choshi offshore wind project over surging construction costs drew a sharp rebuke from Chiba Governor Toshihito Kumagai, who pressed for a quick re‑bid as local investments and expected revenues are thrown into doubt.
• Osaka Metro said a July autonomous shuttle collision stemmed from the system misrecognizing the vehicle’s position, and in Shizuoka’s Ito, Mayor Maki Takubo declined to answer questions outside city‑announced items as credential‑falsification allegations persist.