Overview

• Tokyo police arrested a 40-year-old man after a woman in her 70s was fatally stabbed at a Machida apartment on the night of September 30.
• Metropolitan Police detained the head of a scout group on suspicion of introducing host‑club customers to sex businesses, and separately arrested a Shibuya clinic physician over alleged false prescriptions used to obtain about ¥4 million in high‑cost drugs.
• Takeshi Niinami resigned as the representative secretary of the Economic Doyukai following a police probe tied to supplements, shifting attention to the selection of his successor and the group’s public messaging.
• The Palestinian news agency reported continued Israeli airstrikes across Gaza with an attack on evacuation tents causing deaths and injuries, including a pregnant woman, with details still developing.
• MLB named Shohei Ohtani and Seiya Suzuki as designated hitter candidates and Yoshinobu Yamamoto as a starting pitcher candidate for the All‑MLB Team, with results due November 13.