Overview
- After the Oct. 28 U.S.–Japan leaders’ meeting, there was no announcement to halt Russian LNG, and Tokyo is poised to keep buying from Sakhalin-2.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to visit South Korea on Oct. 30 to meet President Lee Jae-myung and is arranging a Japan–China summit with Xi Jinping on Oct. 31 during APEC.
- A 46-year-old man was arrested after driving a kei car into the front entrance of Tokushima Meisei Police Station, telling officers he intended to protest Japan’s judiciary and the prefectural police; no injuries were reported.
- JR Central suspended all services on the Taketoyo Line after a person contacted a train between Kamezaki and Otsukawa stations at 11:03 p.m. on Oct. 29.
- Members tied to Matsumoto Kokusai High School’s baseball program filed a criminal complaint alleging about ¥20 million in unexplained spending by a former coach, which the school disputes and the former coach denies.