According to JR Kyushu, the number of passengers on the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen (Takeo Onsen - Nagasaki) in the first month of opening was 197,800, about 2.3 times the number in 2021.

On the morning of the 26th, the last day of the "International Planning Conference", where the countries and regions participating in the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 gathered, representatives from each country visited the artificial island of Yumeshima (Konohana Ward, Osaka City), the site of the Expo which visited.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has set a condition for the long-term fixed-type housing loan "Flat 35" to meet certain energy-saving standards from April next year, and will encourage homes to take energy-saving measures.

The trade statistics for the first half of this fiscal year from April to September, released by the Ministry of Finance, showed the largest trade deficit ever due to the increase in imports due to the rise in energy prices such as crude oil and the impact of the weak yen.

As the importance of a circular economy, such as the reuse of resources, increases, major trading companies are expanding their initiatives, such as starting new plastic recycling plants.

In response to the government’s decision to keep the selling price of imported wheat at the current level from next month onward as a countermeasure against soaring food prices, major milling companies announced one after another that they would keep the price of commercial flour unchanged.

In an interview, Toshiki Kawai, president of Tokyo Electron, one of the world's major manufacturers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, said that the stable supply of semiconductors has become an issue for Japan as part of its economic security. He showed the recognition that it is necessary to strengthen investment in research and development from a perspective.

Last month, it was found that the number of companies that went bankrupt due to high prices, such as soaring raw material prices, was the highest in the past five years. Research firms say that there is a possibility that the number of bankruptcies will increase in the future, especially among small and medium-sized enterprises, as they will not be able to pass on the costs to the sales price.

The government has entered into final adjustments to hold a “state funeral” of former Prime Minister Abe, who died after being shot by a gun during a support speech for the Upper House election, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27th.

As the supply and demand of electricity continues to be severe, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has decided to develop a new transmission line that sends electricity from Hokkaido to the Tokyo metropolitan area through the seabed of the Sea of Japan. Renewable energy generated in Hokkaido will be made available in the Tokyo metropolitan area as well, which will help alleviate the tight supply and demand of electricity.

KDDI, which caused a large-scale communication failure that took 86 hours to announce the full recovery, decided to set up a new specialized team led by President Makoto Takahashi to investigate the cause and consider specific measures to prevent recurrence.

According to the Tankan = Corporate Short-term Economic Observation Survey released by the Bank of Japan, the index showing the economic judgment of the manufacturing industry of large companies was plus 9 points, 5 points lower than the previous time, and deteriorated for the second consecutive term.