1. Japan’s leading business lobby is planning to propose changes to the country’s work-life balance system, including easing limits on working hours while considering employee health. But a major labor organization is against it.
2. World leaders gathered in Brazil on Thursday ahead of next week’s COP 30 climate summit. They are hoping to make headway in combating global warming.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has fronted a third day of Diet debates as head of the minority government. Party leaders pressed her on issues including the soaring cost of living and policies on foreign nationals.