Overview
- NTT West Japan walked off Honda Kumamoto 8–7 in a 13th‑inning tiebreak, advancing to the Social Baseball Japan Championship semifinals for the first time since 2005.
- Nippon Life beat Toho Gas 11–5 to book a semifinal berth, setting up a Kansai matchup against NTT West on November 11 at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
- The Seibu Lions announced on November 10 that they have begun posting procedures to allow pitcher Tatsuya Imai, 27, to pursue a move to Major League Baseball.
- At the All‑Japan rhythmic gymnastics apparatus finals, 19‑year‑old Mirai no Kida claimed three titles, winning ball, ribbon, and sharing first in hoop.
- In international table tennis at Champions Frankfurt, Hina Hayata won the women’s singles and Shunsuke Matsushima took the men’s title, while a mayoral race in Kamisu, Ibaraki, ended in an exact 16,724‑to‑16,724 tie awaiting formal resolution.