Overview
- Local fire authorities reported four middle‑ and high‑school students were swept into the sea near Ichiki‑Kushikino on Friday and rescuers recovered one middle‑school boy who is conscious and not critically injured while three students remain missing.
- Japan Coast Guard vessels and local teams are searching the rocky shore area near Terushima Shrine after witnesses said the students jumped from rocks and were carried offshore by strong currents and swells.
- The Ministry of Education filed a large FY2027 budget request that would raise Grants‑in‑Aid for Scientific Research to 455.2 billion yen and boost space spending, including 23.5 billion yen for H3 launch capacity and 90.4 billion yen for Artemis‑related lunar projects.
- Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi spoke by phone with ICC President Tomoko Akane to hear what support the court needs following U.S. sanctions, and the Foreign Ministry said the call was held at Akane’s request; separate reporting said U.S. F‑16s from Misawa were deployed to the Middle East in March–April for operations tied to Iran.
- Nagoya police arrested a 19‑year‑old on Aug. 28 on suspicion of unlicensed dangerous driving and hit‑and‑run after a collision two days earlier, and local coverage also highlighted community sports programs such as a Nayoro pumpkin‑harvest training initiative and the Okinawa Girls’ runner‑up finish in the NPB Girls Tournament.