Overview
- Foreign Minister Motegi announced he will travel to Atlanta to join the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on Oct. 30–31 and will convene a Quad foreign ministers' meeting to coordinate policy on Ukraine, the Middle East, and energy security.
- Okinawa Governor Koja told reporters he will urge the central government to press for partial relocation of MV‑22 Osprey units to reduce the prefecture's long-standing hosting burdens.
- Chiba police opened a special investigation after a forensic autopsy found the woman whose body was abandoned in a car had a fractured neck bone, and the arrested suspect has reportedly confessed to strangling her; investigators say evidence at the scene suggests a prior disturbance.
- The second court session for former Osaka chief prosecutor Kitagawa resumed, with the defendant again denying that the victim was incapable of resisting and repeating a not‑guilty stance at Osaka District Court.
- Labor union UA ZENSEN formally asked the health and labor minister to set industry‑specific minimum wages for general supermarkets in five regions, a move that could affect about 50,000 workers and will enter central review next month.