Overview

• The Tokyo High Court recognized a former Shibuya Ward employee’s depression as work-related after a 2016 Fukushima reconstruction assignment, overturning a prior denial and citing about 97 hours of overtime before onset.
• Tokyo prosecutors’ special investigations unit filed a home-detention indictment on fraud charges against former House of Councillors member Aki Ishii, 68.
• Hokkaido police arrested a Sapporo man in his 70s on suspicion of defrauding an elderly victim of about ¥10 million via a fictitious real-estate investment, with losses believed to reach at least several tens of millions of yen.
• Hachioji City said 97 employees improperly received commuting allowances; about ¥16.71 million has been recovered and disciplinary measures are under review.
• Health Minister Shigenori Fukuoka said the special outpatient cost reduction for certain higher-income people aged 75 and older ends at September’s close, with steps to ensure clear public notice.