In an order to prevent the city of Yokohama from attracting integrated resorts (IRs), including casinos, the citizens' group "One-Person Recall Campaign" (representative of Yumiko Hirokoshi) began a signature campaign on May 5 to recall Mayor Fumiko Hayashi.
The opposition held a hearing in the Diet on June 6 to hear from representatives from the Cabinet Office and the Cabinet Legislation Bureau on the issue of the appointment of six potential members recommended by the Science Council of Japan.
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary Takeo Kawamura (77) held a general rally for the next House of Representatives election on the 4th in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
On October 5th, the Japan Post Group resumed sales activities of Japan Post Insurance, which was found to have many fraudulent sales , at post offices nationwide.