Overview
- Akita Prefectural Police said a 79-year-old woman found in a Yuzawa mountain forest had severe facial injuries consistent with a bear attack, after she reportedly went mushroom foraging.
- Senior Hamas figures asserted that Israeli military actions in Gaza are causing daily casualties and constitute violations of a cease-fire agreement, a claim reported without independent verification in the articles.
- Two men in their 30s were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing on a UK train left two people in critical condition, according to wire reports.
- A house fire in Kasamatsu, Gifu, burned a wooden two-story home and spread to nearby warehouses, with a 74-year-old male resident hospitalized for burns but not in life-threatening condition as police probe the cause.
- A passerby in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido, reported three brown bears destroying a garbage bin and rummaging through trash outside a home late at night, extending a pattern of nuisance bear incidents.