Prime Minister Takaichi formalized the LDP executive at an extraordinary General Council meeting, retaining Vice President Aso, Secretary-General Suzuki and policy chief Kobayashi while naming Kajiyama to General Council and Murai to Diet affairs, with a second reshuffled cabinet set for the 17th. Papers read continuity as a bid for stability ahead of next autumn's race, with Asahi and Sankei noting imposed Takaichi color in the Upper House switch from Ishii to Aoki and lingering discontent.
Attention then moved to the WEF gender-gap ranking placing Japan 117th of 145, worst in the G7 despite the first woman premier.
Kyodo and Yomiuri reported 50 relatives of Chinese wartime laborers suing six firms including IHI in Hebei.
By afternoon NHK, TBS and Yahoo led with Typhoon No.25 forming near the Marianas and threatening Silver Week travel on 20-21, while August visitors fell 9.6% to 3.1 million.