- Power outage continues for about 200,000 homes in Chiba Prefecture after Typhoon Faxai ravaged the greater Tokyo area earlier this week.
- NHK has learned that the governments of Japan and Russia are coordinating efforts to hold the first meeting between Japan’s new national security chief and his Russian counterpart next week.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at some point” this year.