Overview
- After a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on November 17, Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita said he and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reaffirmed implementing the coalition pledge to reduce House of Representatives seats and discussed bill specifics.
- Taiwan President Lai Ching-te urged Beijing to exercise restraint over worsening Japan–China frictions tied to a potential Taiwan contingency, saying China should not become a troublemaker.
- Ecuadorian voters on November 16 rejected a referendum proposal to restore foreign military presence intended to counter surging crime driven by drug organizations.
- The Ground Self-Defense Force’s Hokkaido Supply Depot suspended a male corporal in his 20s for four months for secretly photographing under a stranger’s skirt at a station, announcing the disciplinary action on November 17.
- Police in Akita Prefecture are investigating the death of a woman found in a rice field, saying injuries indicate she may have been attacked by a bear.