German Chancellor MERZ said shutting Germany's nuclear power plants is not his responsibility and he will not do so.

A scandal that the Fukuoka branch of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party pressured members into making sizable payments is intensifying. Japanese media reported on the 30th that after the Fukuoka prefectural assembly speaker resigned, another implicated official — Matsumoto, head of the LDP Fukuoka federation — is considering resignation. In July a former Fukuoka assembly speaker, Yoshimatsu, alleged the LDP Fukuoka assembly group demanded money before he took office in June 2020, citing charges for party social golf outings, lodging, transport and high-end dining that together totaled about JPY20mln (roughly 850k yuan). Several former speakers and vice speakers have said they, too, paid several million yen prior to assuming office.

【英国实际房价停滞 英格兰平均房价已低于20年前】据英国《每日电讯报》，受通胀和利率冲击房地产市场影响，英格兰平均住房的实际价值如今已低于20年前。房地产经纪公司汉普顿的数据显示，英格兰一套典型住房6月成交价为293,262英镑，经通胀调整后低于2006年7月296,179英镑的平均成交价。与最近一次市场高点2021年6月相比，实际房价已下跌47,522英镑。专家表示，这些数据意味着英国房地产已不能再被视为一种投资。