Overview
- Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police moved to re-arrest three men, including Han Kohchul, 52, on suspicion of illegal high-interest lending to women, marking a third arrest in the case.
- Sponsors of the alleged scheme are believed to have lent about ¥10 million and collected roughly ¥40 million in interest from at least a dozen women, including host club patrons and sex-industry workers.
- One alleged transaction cited by investigators involved a ¥320,000 loan to a woman with ¥80,000 taken as interest, and police say the group operated without proper registration.
- Sapporo replaced glass smoke panels with more impact-resistant resin at the city’s main subway station one year after a panel fell, plans to formalize inspection standards this fiscal year, and will upgrade North 24-Jo Station in 2026.
- Nissan said it will sell its Yokohama global headquarters for ¥97 billion and lease it back for 20 years, recording a ¥73.9 billion special profit for FY2026 and directing proceeds to operations digitalization and R&D, as UNRWA reported Gaza’s shortages persist despite the October 10 ceasefire.