14:40โขRuling Parties Back Summer Cash Handouts
โจThe newspapers report on Japan's ruling coalition approving cash handout campaigns for the summer House of Councillors election to address household costs from rising prices (Kyodo News English). U.S. domestic tensions continue escalating with ongoing Los Angeles immigration protests creating deeper national divisions, following previous coverage of Trump's National Guard deployment (Yahoo News Japan, Huffington Post Japan). Honda's investment in chipmaker Rapidus advances Japan's semiconductor strategy for automotive applications (Nikkei Asia), while corporate hiring patterns shift as universities are ranked by graduate business performance with national institutions dominating the top positions (Nikkei Shimbun).