Overview

• A power outage at JR Kokura Station on July 26 halted service on the Sanyo, Kagoshima and Nippo lines with no restoration timeline announced.
• Tokyo Metropolitan Police reported 75 women arrested for soliciting around Okubo Park between January and June, citing debts to host clubs and concept cafés.
• Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed deep regret at the Keidanren Summer Forum over low public understanding of the government’s July election-pledged cash handout policy.
• The 2025 Inter-High Championships introduced track and field and boys’ soft tennis on July 25 and saw Lutheran Academy’s Keiko Kawamoto win the women’s solo title in Shorinji Kempo.
• On July 26, Shiga Prefecture’s baseball final featured a repeat showdown between Shiga Gakuen and Ayaha, while Ehime, Gunma, Okayama and Hyogo completed key semifinal and final rounds toward national tournament berths.