Overview
- NVIDIA's board said it opened an independent investigation on Sunday into reports that a Chinese woman close to CEO Jensen Huang was an agent of China’s state security service and the probe's findings are not yet public.
- House Democratic leaders in Washington signaled plans for stepped‑up oversight of the Trump administration and scrutiny of prominent private figures, with party officials naming the defense secretary and Elon Musk for closer review.
- Tokyo police arrested a 31‑year‑old Chinese national, Yu Hai, for operating a 'fake base station' in Ginza and sent him to prosecutors on radio‑law charges after investigators tied the device to mobile‑message phishing and service disruption.
- Hakodate city announced its registered population fell to 229,801 at the end of October, the first time below 230,000 since 1950 and a sign of continued youth outflow for education and work.
- A former Fukuoka vice‑chair, Shigehiro Hatanaka, told reporters he paid ¥5 million in a county assembly cash‑transfer scandal, a development that adds to ongoing local probes and public scrutiny of prefectural politics.