Overview

• Okayama City’s Masao Omori, 71, secured a fourth term over three independent newcomers, with turnout at 36.66%, after receiving backing from the Constitutional Democratic and Democratic parties’ national HQs and the LDP and Komeito prefectural organizations.
• In Ishikawa’s Kaga mayoral race, former city education chief Toshiaki Yamada, 67, defeated incumbent Riku Miyamoto, who had LDP and Komeito endorsements, winning his first term on 63.69% turnout.
• Nagano’s Azumino confirmed the unopposed re‑election of incumbent Hiroshi Ota, 69, as only his candidacy was filed at the close of nominations.
• Tokyu’s Den‑en‑toshi Line reported a late‑night contact between a revenue train and a non‑revenue train within Kajigaya Station, with no injuries reported by the operator and the transport ministry; delays were noted.
• Japan’s runners missed an elusive Arc win as Northern Farm‑bred Byzantin Dream placed fifth in Paris, Feyenoord’s Ayase Ueda scored twice in a 3–2 win over Utrecht, and the Asahikawa district folk song contest named Murase as the top performer.