1. A Tokyo court ruled Monday that a man who deceived a woman he met through a dating app must pay about 1.5 million yen, or nearly 10,000 dollars in damages. The married man had told the plaintiff, who lives in Kanagawa Prefecture neighboring Tokyo, that he was single, even though he was married. The woman sued and demanded about 50,000 dollars in damages after discovering he was a married father.
2. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said using search radar during training flights is normal to ensure safety. At a news conference Monday, Guo said Japanese fighter jets had entered the Chinese military’s training area without permission and had obstructed its activities. Guo also said Japan distorted the facts and blamed China. The spokesperson said China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition and lodged a strong protest.
3. This year’s two Japanese Nobel Prize winners spoke at separate venues in Stockholm ahead of Wednesday’s Nobel Prize award ceremony. Sakaguchi Shimon, a distinguished honorary professor of the University of Osaka, is one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He gave a lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Sunday.