Overview

• JR Tokai said the Tokaido Shinkansen has no scheduled suspension for Sept. 5 and is running from first trains, while urging riders to check its website for possible delays or sudden stoppages if weather worsens.
• JR West removed Nozomi 88 (an older N700A set) from service at Shizuoka after a thin haze and burnt smell were noticed near Car 2 between Kakegawa and Shizuoka; no injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation.
• The Oi title match Game 6 on Sept. 9–10 was shifted from Makinohara, Shizuoka, to the Tokyo Shogi Hall after tornado-like winds caused injuries and power outages and the mayor withdrew the city’s hosting to focus on disaster response.
• Kanagawa Prefectural Police sent case files on suspected bribery involving two former executives of an Odawara construction firm, and the detained city environment chief was forwarded to prosecutors on an alleged 20万円 gift-card payoff.
• The National Police Agency held an emergency nationwide meeting where Commissioner General Yoshinobu Kusu pressed for tighter investigative standards and better handling of human-safety cases following recent policing failures.