Overview

• Sanae Takaichi is set to inaugurate a new LDP executive on October 7, appointing Shunichi Suzuki as secretary-general.
• She has indicated plans to select Koichi Hagiuda as acting secretary-general, according to NHK reporting.
• Taro Aso is slated to be tapped as LDP vice president, with NHK reporting Takaichi has firmed her intention.
• With the executive formation, Takaichi and Komeito leader Natsuo Saito will open talks on the coalition’s continuation.
• In other developments, Hiroshima hosted a two-day forum bringing about 40 nuclear victims together, a Kawasaki train contact caused delays without injuries, a Nanjo mayor dissolved the city council after a harassment finding, and Syria’s indirect parliamentary vote produced a majority-dominant outcome per reports.