Overview
- Party leader Sohei Kamiya used Sanseito’s first representative question in the Upper House to call for reducing the number of foreign residents accepted, invoking a “Japanese First” platform after winning 14 seats in the summer election.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi replied that an interministerial meeting on foreigner policy was established on November 4 and said the government will conduct foundational study, without committing to numerical limits.
- Takaichi held a roughly three-hour study session from about 3 a.m. at the prime minister’s residence to prepare for her first budget committee appearance in the Lower House.
- Shohei Ohtani was named the National League Silver Slugger at designated hitter, his fourth such honor and the most by a Japanese player.
- The Chicago Cubs extended a qualifying offer to pitcher Shota Imanaga as free-agent negotiations opened under MLB rules.