Overview
- NTT West edged Honda Kumamoto 8–7 in a 13th-inning tie-break at Kyocera Dome Osaka, advancing to the Japan Industrial Baseball Championship semifinals for the first time in 18 tournaments.
- Nippon Life booked a place in the final four, while Toho Gas fell short of a first-ever semifinal at the 50th edition of the tournament.
- The Kyushu Basho opened in Fukuoka with contrasting results for the yokozuna as Onosato won his bout and Hoshoryu was defeated, following the traditional dohyo ceremony attended by Sumo Association leaders.
- At the All-Japan Rhythmic Gymnastics, 19-year-old Kida Miraino captured three apparatus titles, winning ball and ribbon and sharing the hoop crown.
- In the Daido Life SV League, NEC Kawasaki swept Denso to start the season 10–0, extending the league’s longest current streak.