Overview
- Ishikawa Prefecture held a disaster drill with about 10,000 participants from 101 organizations and installed Starlink terminals to support isolated hamlets.
- Police in the United Kingdom arrested two men in their 30s on suspicion of attempted murder after a train stabbing that left two people in critical condition.
- Akita prefectural police found a 79-year-old woman dead in a mountain area and suspect a bear attack while she was likely gathering mushrooms.
- A pre-dawn house fire in Kasamatsu, Gifu, burned a two-story wooden home and nearby warehouses, injuring a 74-year-old male resident; the cause is under investigation.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a shallow magnitude 4.2 earthquake with intensity 4 shaking in Kirishima, Kagoshima, with additional quakes recorded around the same time.