Overview
- Governing parties told a Diet committee they will postpone submitting the proposal to add ¥50,000 per month to national lawmakers’ salaries.
- Motegi’s office failed to list contributions from three political organizations and authorities accepted the correction to his election expense report.
- Sapporo Kita Police arrested three suspects on suspicion of defrauding health insurance of ¥2.48 million by billing for fictitious treatments.
- Tokyo doll shop Kyukatsu unveiled its annual decorative hagoita featuring prominent 2025 figures, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Shohei Ohtani.
- AP reported that MLB reliever Devin Williams agreed to a three-year, $51 million contract with the New York Mets.