Overview
- The Imperial Household Law amendment entered a House of Councillors special committee on Wednesday and is set for committee votes on July 16 with likely final passage on July 17 under ruling-party majority support.
- The bill would grant succession rights to male children of male-line adoptees from former imperial branches, a provision that has drawn firm objections from multiple opposition parties over its legal and political implications.
- University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii confirmed on Wednesday that an ex-bureau chief of the related Sogo Kenkyu Shoureikai diverted about ¥90 million and pledged a full probe, governance reforms and completion of a strengthened oversight structure by around October.
- Yamagata District Court on Wednesday ordered three former students to pay roughly ¥112.6 million including late-payment interest in a renewed civil suit over a 1993 gym-mat death, enforcing prior liability after repeated legal actions.
- Education and sports developments reported on July 15 include a MEXT survey showing strong preference for hybrid paper-plus-digital textbooks for fiscal 2030 adoption and Stanford infielder Rintaro Sasaki’s decision to join the Miami Marlins while yokozuna Dainosato struggles with shoulder issues in tournament returns.