Overview
- Yomiuri published an internal review on August 30 that found a reporter’s assumption, discounted contrary information and failed editorial checks led to a front‑page error about a Tokyo prosecutors’ investigation.
- Disciplinary steps include two months of 30% pay cuts for senior editors Riichiro Maeki and Taro Takihana, replacement of social news chief Atsuko Kobayashi, and seven‑day suspensions for the desk, judicial club captain and the reporter, with a pledge to help restore Rep. Taku Ikeshita’s reputation.
- The review noted the case was not referred to the newsroom’s Appropriate Reporting Committee and that multiple sources warned the night before publication that the story could be wrong.
- At the Rakunraku group home site in Iwaizumi on August 30, families and staff marked nine years since Typhoon No. 10 floods killed all nine residents there; Iwate Prefecture cites 28 deaths including related deaths and one missing from the 2016 disaster.
- At Tokyo Dome on August 31, JFE West beat Honda Suzuka 5–2 and JFE East edged Honda 6–5 with two home runs, while Honda’s manager Yuichi Tabata voiced hope that determined play would encourage his earthquake‑hit hometown.