Overview

• Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura said he would engage if the Liberal Democratic Party–Komeito government invites coalition negotiations, according to Jiji Press.
• The Imperial Household Agency announced Princess Takamado Hisako will make a non-official visit to Iceland on October 13–19 to attend the Arctic Circle Assembly and deliver remarks at the October 16 opening session.
• J3 club Kochi said it has launched an internal investigation into alleged harassment by its representative director, Shiomi Yamamoto, following earlier reports that coach Yutaka Akita offered to resign over power harassment on September 19.
• Tokyo authorities reported a fire from a Suginami apartment room where six people, including a teenage resident, were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation with no life-threatening injuries; investigators are examining a mobile battery as a possible source.
• Iwate Prefectural Police said a 77-year-old woman was attacked by a bear in front of her home in Kuzumaki and sustained cuts to her head and face before being taken to hospital without life-threatening injuries.