Overview
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Nippon Ishin co‑leader Fumitake Fujita agreed to pursue the coalition pledge to reduce House of Representatives seats, targeting bill submission in the current Diet session.
- Reporting indicates the prime minister is weighing a review of the Three Non‑Nuclear Principles in connection with planned revisions to three security policy documents.
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara declined to state whether the principles will be upheld, saying he would refrain from conjecture.
- Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki opposed any reassessment, calling it a retreat from nuclear abolition that he said the public would reject.
- Foreign Ministry Asia‑Oceania Bureau Director Masaki Kanai is set to visit China on Nov. 18 to consult on the prime minister’s Taiwan‑contingency remarks and work to ease tensions.