Overview
- The Diet has resumed committee meetings but lawmakers face a tight timetable with numerous government bills still unpassed, creating a high risk of last‑minute failures.
- Five opposition caucuses refiled a new Minamata disease relief bill to the House of Councillors, but passage this session is unlikely given the compressed schedule.
- Narita International Airport, the transport ministry and nearby local governments agreed to begin land expropriation procedures after roughly 53 hectares lacked owner consent for runway work.
- Japan’s three megabanks are coordinating a joint business‑continuity framework so one bank can substitute critical operations for another if AI‑driven cyberattacks force systems offline.
- Science published a University of Tokyo study showing optogenetic control of a 'dislike' response in mice with potential relevance for depression research, and MEXT proposed linking national university operating grants to inflation and personnel costs aiming for fiscal 2028 implementation.