Overview
- Israeli media reported that Joint Chiefs chair Kane visited Israel to inspect a US-run coordination center set up to monitor a Gaza cease-fire.
- The 63rd Pugwash world conference began in Hiroshima on November 1 for a five-day meeting focused on nuclear abolition.
- Ahead of the opening, Pugwash chair Hussein Shahristani and secretary-general Karen Hallberg visited Hiroshima’s A-bomb museum and memorial.
- Hyogo police are investigating a house fire in Tatsuno where two bodies were found on the second floor as a 51-year-old male resident escaped; his mother in her 70s and brother in his 40s remain unaccounted for pending identification.
- In Yamagata’s Nanyo city, a bear attacked two municipal workers on patrol, leaving one with a serious hand fracture, as sports headlines included the Dodgers’ 1–6 Game 5 loss with Shohei Ohtani hitless again, Hiroshima’s 3–1 Levain Cup win, former sekiwake Endo’s retirement and elder name “Kitajin,” and SoftBank manager Hiroki Kokubo signaling an offseason rebuild.