Overview
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told the Diet that tackling rising prices is the government's top task and urged cooperation to pass a 2025 supplementary budget.
- She also said Japan will seek to resolve territorial issues and pursue a peace treaty with Russia, a stance the Kremlin publicly welcomed through spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
- Regional authorities in Hokkaido’s Hidaka area convened a disease-alert committee to review measures and press for strict farm biosecurity against avian influenza and other animal diseases.
- Sapporo recorded its first snowfall late on October 23, arriving five days earlier than average due to an early-season surge of cold air, according to the meteorological observatory.
- U.S. stocks rebounded on October 23, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up $72.80 to 46,663.21 as investors viewed major earnings reports as solid.