Overview
- The Fukuoka Public Safety Commission publicly notified on Thursday that the designated Kudo-kai's formal representative was changed from Nomura Satoru to Tagami Fumio.
- Nomura remains detained at the Fukuoka detention center and is appealing a life term after about 26 years as the group's de facto leader, and police say they accepted a written notice of his retirement that the group provided in June.
- The Nagoya District Court on Thursday ordered the state to pay a total of ¥270,000 after ruling that a December 2023 Public Security Investigation Agency inspection of an Aleph facility unlawfully damaged residents' peace by repeatedly demanding interviews at living quarters.
- Izumo police re-arrested 49-year-old Tomokazu Moriyama on Thursday on suspicion of murdering his father after two bodies were found buried in the garden of a family home following a late-June missing-person report.
- Separately, the B.League and the Nippon Foundation announced roughly ¥300 million in 2026 community grants for 28 clubs, and JOC president Seiko Hashimoto said she welcomed a proposal to explore a Nagano 2038 winter Olympics bid.