Remembrance of the September 11 attacks 25 years on opened coverage, with retrospectives on unidentified victims, sealed footage and Japan's security shift.
Focus then moved to the economy, as Nikkei, Asahi and others reported the Bank of Japan was likely to lift the policy rate to 1.25% next week on upside inflation risks, while oil briefly topped $100 on intensified U.S.-Iran exchanges.
Domestic administration drew scrutiny on two fronts: Chubu Electric's expected withdrawal of the Hamaoka restart screening over data fraud, and a cyberattack exploiting VPN vulnerability on the government's GSS network possibly leaking 246,000 personnel records.
By evening, crime dominated, with four teenagers arrested over the Sagamihara high-school death and the hospitalized owner dying in the Gifu cake-shop arson, raising deaths to four, alongside a survey finding over 20% of young people intend never to marry.