Overview
- Yuma Kagiyama captured a third consecutive NHK Trophy with 287.24 points, debuting a new Turandot free program he called a work in progress.
- Kaori Sakamoto won the women’s event at NHK Trophy and secured a berth at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya on Dec. 4–6.
- At the 50th Japan Corporate Baseball Championship, NTT West walked off Honda Kumamoto 8–7 in a 13th‑inning tiebreak to reach its first semifinal in 18 tournaments, while Nippon Life beat Toho Gas 11–5 to set a Nov. 11 semifinal between the Kinki rivals.
- The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opened in Fukuoka after the dohyo ceremony, with tickets selling out on the general sale day for the first time in 30 years and day one producing a split for the yokozuna as Ōnosato won and Hōshōryū lost.
- Japan’s U‑17s beat Portugal 2–1 in Doha to top Group B with seven points and advance to the World Cup knockout stage.