Japan's stock market closed today.

The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission issued an opinion requiring stricter legal prosecution of crimes that endanger food safety, setting three market‑relevant directives. First, enforcement will prioritize high‑concern areas — meat products, campus food, health foods, and fruits and vegetables — and key links including production and processing, online sales, terminal catering and food imports; authorities are directed to deepen case leads and punish offenders severely to signal strict enforcement. Second, the opinion demands strict legal standards across the criminal process — investigation, arrest, prosecution, trial and sentence execution — with tighter control over probation and exemption from punishment and heavier penalties for cases with serious facts or adverse impacts. Third, authorities will strengthen supervisory oversight and guidance of enforcement.

Pope Leo said an early-stage lung nodule was detected and that he will undergo surgery.