Overview
- Emergency crews reported three people were taken to hospital after an apparent explosion at Toray’s Shiga facility, with one person in moderate condition and two with minor injuries and police and safety authorities opening an investigation into the cause.
- JR East has partially resumed service on the Uchibō Line and begun running replacement buses while warning that the most damaged section between Nagaura and Anesaki will take at least three months to fully repair after landslides from Typhoon No.25.
- The Tokushima prefectural LDP caucus has said it will propose a censure motion against Governor Masazumi Gotoda to the assembly’s steering committee over his remarks and conduct, starting the procedural review that could lead to fuller debate.
- The Japan Federation of Bar Associations will stage a Sendai symposium on the former Eugenic Protection Law with former Supreme Court justice Katsuya Uga, one of the authors of the 2024 ruling that found the law unconstitutional, set to explain the judgment and his views.
- On the sports front, Nippon‑Ham won the Farm Japan Championship, JR East Tohoku qualified for the national corporate baseball tournament, Shohei Ohtani struck out in his first postseason at‑bat for the Dodgers, and a Kansai University estimate put the Hanshin Tigers’ recent league victory impact at about ¥105.1 billion.