Overview
- Kamisu, Ibaraki reported an exact tie in the mayoral election, with incumbent Susumu Ishida and challenger Toshiyuki Kiuchi each receiving 16,724 votes, and no resolution announced.
- At the All-Japan Rhythmic Gymnastics apparatus finals in Takasaki, 19-year-old Mirano Kida won three titles, and world champion team members Ayuka Suzuki and Rinako Inagi took part in a retirement ceremony.
- NTT West Japan walked off Honda Kumamoto 8–7 in a 13th-inning tiebreak to reach the Japan Corporate Baseball Championships semifinals for the first time in 18 tournaments and will face Nippon Life on November 11.
- On Day 1 of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, Onosato beat Takayasu by yorikiri, while Hoshoryu lost to Hakuyozan by yoritaoshi.
- Nagasaki beat Nagoya D 95–87 in B.League B1 play to improve to 13–2 and halt Nagoya D’s 12-game winning streak.