Overview
- In a ruling on November 10, the court found a maximum vote-weight disparity of 3.13 to 1 and dismissed a petition to void the election.
- Sakata City, Yamagata, conducted an emergency cull and shot three bears after reports they were in a persimmon tree, with no injuries reported.
- Sapporo’s Maruyama Zoo reported bear footprints inside its grounds, adding to recent public-safety responses to bear activity.
- In Kamisu, Ibaraki, the incumbent mayor’s camp filed an objection seeking a recount after a tied election was decided by lottery.
- Sharp reported interim net profit up 98.1% to ¥454 billion and raised its full-year net profit forecast to ¥530 billion, citing stronger PC sales and reduced U.S. tariff effects.