Overview
- Search-and-rescue crews continued Thursday for four people reported missing after record rains from Typhoon No.25 left ten confirmed dead in Chiba and Kanagawa and caused widespread flooding.
- JR East has suspended many services and reduced frequencies across affected lines with some sections, notably parts of the Uchibo (Inner Boso) line, expected to need roughly three months for full restoration.
- The Ministry of Justice says 119 correctional facilities had signed disaster-cooperation agreements by the end of 2025 and the facilities’ self-contained power, bathing and accommodation systems have been used as evacuation sites in recent quakes.
- Legal and political timetables pressed on: prosecutors on Thursday asked for a 21-year prison term in the Mito District Court trial over the killing of Haruka Komatsumoto with a verdict due on September 30, and LDP sources said the party has moved to appoint Tetsushi Sakamoto as House Rules and Administration chair ahead of the October Diet session.
- Japan’s international engagements continued as WorldSkills opened in Shanghai with about 60 Japanese competitors entered and aviation safety concerns were highlighted by an ANA emergency evacuation at Naha Airport that left three people with minor injuries.