Overview
- The Air Self‑Defense Force said Friday that a submerged object believed to be part of the Global Hawk was located on Sept. 24 by a Japan Maritime Self‑Defense Force vessel and that it has contracted a private salvage company to prepare recovery operations.
- Hyogo prefectural police on Friday submitted murder case documents to prosecutors for Kenji Oyama, the former neighbor who was wanted in the May slayings of a mother and daughter but was found dead in June, an administrative step to close formal procedures.
- Yamagata police and the Japan Coast Guard said their drift analysis shows no contradiction with a river‑to‑island path for a body found on Tobishima and that DNA tests are under way to confirm whether it is the six‑year‑old boy who went missing from Sakata; a forensic exam found no clear traumatic injuries.
- On Sept. 24, Shizuoka police arrested the representative and an employee of remodeler SKR on suspicion of violating the Specified Commercial Transactions Act by failing to explain customers' cooling‑off rights and by issuing incomplete contract documents.
- Local and consumer updates include a V‑Point tap‑to‑ride rewards rollout set to begin Oct. 7 for select rail lines and a theme‑park operator telling shareholders it will pursue operational improvements after lower than expected visitor numbers.