The day opened with the Shiretoko boat accident verdict dominating headlines: company president Keiichi Katsurada received a 5-year prison sentence for professional negligence causing 26 deaths, and immediately appealed. This story saturated coverage across all major outlets through the morning. By afternoon, attention shifted to the G7 summit's conclusion in France, where PM Takaichi made her debut, bridging US-Europe divides on China and securing language opposing unilateral status quo changes in the Taiwan Strait. The US-Iran memorandum draft also drew scrutiny for perceived concessions, with domestic US criticism and Iranian victory claims. Economic news included a proposed food tax cut to 1% from April 2027, combined with benefits to effectively zero it for low-income earners, though opposition parties pushed back. The Nikkei hit another record high, briefly topping 70,000, driven by AI and semiconductor stocks.