Overview
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara defended the government's finding that Doshisha International High School's protest-boat program violated political neutrality and said on May 28 that required responses have been taken.
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported May 29 that the 2025 census shows a maximum vote-weight gap of 2.274 times across 289 single-seat districts, triggering the election-district review panel to start boundary revisions and aim to recommend changes within a year.
- The Defense Ministry notified Tokyo and nearby municipalities that a U.S. Air Force Global Hawk unit will relocate from Andersen in Guam to Yokota, with three drones and about 150 personnel expected to arrive from this summer, and no new base construction planned.
- A former prosecutor who says she was assaulted by a former Osaka chief prosecutor held a May 29 news conference calling for the charge to be upgraded to rape resulting in injury and for an independent third-party investigation, saying she has PTSD and that authorities so far have declined her requests.
- Local administrative moves include Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum switching to full reservation entry for the August Obon period to limit crowds and Izumisano City planning a municipal 'baby box' with a target start at the end of January next year.