Overview
- Sapporo’s district meteorological observatory warned of tornado-strength gusts, lightning, hail and sudden heavy rain from Sunday night into early Monday for southern Sea of Japan–side and western Pacific–side Hokkaido due to cold air aloft destabilizing the atmosphere.
- Akita Prefectural Police found 79-year-old Goto Kiyo dead in a Yuzawa mountain forest and suspect a bear attack based on severe facial injuries; she had told family she was going to the mountains, and officers discovered the body during a search Monday morning.
- British police arrested two men in their 30s on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing on a train that left two people in critical condition, according to local reports.
- President Donald Trump told reporters that deploying ground troops or conducting air strikes in Nigeria “is possible,” saying he would not rule out such action after urging the Nigerian government to address reported mass killings.
- Reporting on a 26-year-old Nagoya homicide says the identified suspect is believed to have lived in the city with family for most of the years following the killing, according to NHK.