Overview
- The government finalized the election plan on Thursday, Oct. 1, fixing April 11 for prefectural and ordinance-designated city races and April 25 for other municipal contests and will seek Diet approval through a temporary special law.
- Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly passed two censure motions on Oct. 1 against LDP member Taisuke Hayashi for repeated inappropriate posts from an anonymous X account that has since been deleted and demanded apologies and remedial action.
- Prosecutors in Nagoya asked for a 3-year, 6-month prison term on Oct. 1 for former teacher Yudai Suzuki, who is accused of secretly filming students and supplying videos and some victims' addresses; the court has set sentencing for Nov. 5.
- JR West's Okayama branch said on Oct. 1 it has revised timetables after a March incident near Bicchu-Kamishiro where a train ran three minutes early and passed close to track workers as part of stepped-up safety measures.
- Three regional banks in Aomori, Iwate and Akita began formal talks on Oct. 1 about a management integration that would create a combined group with about ¥13 trillion in assets to strengthen competitiveness in the Tohoku market.