The day was dominated by Nidec's quality tampering scandal, with over 1,000 cases of design changes and data falsification reported by Nikkei. This story emerged in the late morning and was covered by both Nikkei Shimbun and Nikkei Asia. Earlier, the Ban-etsu Expressway bus crash investigation continued with new revelations: the driver had a rear-end collision five days prior, contradicting police statements, and a student had texted 'I might die' before the crash. In the afternoon, the Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship was confirmed by WHO to have 9 cases of the Andes strain. The EQT fund's acquisition of Kakaku.com (Tabelog) for 590 billion yen was reported, with LINE Yahoo also making a counterproposal. Calbee announced monochrome packaging due to ink supply issues from Middle East tensions.