Overview
- At its 93rd party convention in Tokyo, the Liberal Democratic Party adopted a 2026 plan to set up drafting committees in both Diet constitutional panels and to prepare an amendment proposal for submission.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said "the time has come" and set a goal of entering next year's convention with a path to initiating the Diet vote required before a public referendum.
- Boxer Tenshin Nasukawa won a WBC bantamweight final eliminator by TKO, broke his opponent’s ribs, and earned a title shot at the winner of May's world bout between Takuma Inoue and Kazuto Ioka.
- Shohei Ohtani hit his first leadoff home run of the season for the Dodgers against the Rangers, and his early blast helped power a comfortable win in Los Angeles.
- In the Billie Jean King Cup qualifier near Rome, Japan trails Italy 0–2 after the opening singles, with a doubles match and two more singles scheduled to decide who reaches September’s finals in China.