Overview
- Takaichi’s hometown office in Nara reported more than 18,000 applications to join the LDP since the leadership result.
- Nagano Governor Shuichi Abe said he will cooperate with the new leader while ensuring local perspectives are communicated.
- Fukuoka Prefecture confirmed 28 instances of abuse by 10 staff at the private Matsubara Hoikuen in Tagawa and ordered improvement measures for the operator.
- Tokyo prosecutors declined to indict singer Ryuji Imaichi after an August settlement with the taxi driver involved in his April incident.
- Hokkaido police said the prefecture’s traffic death toll reached 100 after a fatal crash in Kyowa, and Akita police reported a 52-year-old man injured in a bear attack in Daisen.