Overview
- Police in Tatsuno, Hyogo, are investigating a house fire after two bodies were found in second-floor rubble, with a 51-year-old resident safe and identities under confirmation.
- Nagoya police arrested Kumiko Yasufuku, 69, in the 1999 stabbing of Namiko Takaba after multiple voluntary interviews this year, an October DNA submission, and her Oct. 30 surrender.
- China’s Xi Jinping and South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung met in Gyeongju during APEC, with Seoul seeking Chinese help on Peninsula denuclearization and reporting Xi’s pledge to keep working for stability.
- The 63rd Pugwash Conferences world meeting opened in Hiroshima for Nov. 1–5 to convene scientists and advocates on nuclear weapons risks and abolition.
- The Japan Sumo Association announced former komusubi Endo’s retirement and his assumption of the elder name Kitajin, with plans to coach at the Oitekaze stable.