On October 24, 2025, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first policy speech since taking office, declared that combating rising prices—which are weighing heavily on household finances—would be “the government’s top priority.” As a central pillar of that effort, she strongly committed to reducing the gasoline tax.
The U.S. softball coach Ken Eriksen's comments on how good the Fukushima peaches were and how he had six of them, following the team’s game in Fukushima Prefecture, had garnered a lot of attention.