Overview

• LDP leader Sanae Takaichi plans to launch a new party executive as soon as October 7 and is weighing the active appointment of women to top posts.
• Tokyu’s Den-en-toshi Line remains suspended between Shibuya and Saginuma after an in-service train and a deadhead train made contact at Kajigaya around 11 p.m. on October 5, with no injuries reported and no restart timetable announced.
• Nanjō Mayor Koga Kageharu dissolved the city council after a no-confidence vote tied to a third-party panel’s finding that he sexually harassed multiple female employees.
• An administration official in Washington warned that a budget stalemate in Congress could lead to federal employee dismissals, as partial agency closures persist during the funding impasse.
• A man in his 70s suffered minor injuries after a bear attack during farm work in Misato, Akita, prompting police advisories in the area.