10:45 (01:45)â¢Media Baron Falls, Stabbing Suspect Caught
âšThe newspapers expand coverage of two major events: the death of Tsuneo Watanabe, influential chairman of Yomiuri Shimbun and former Giants baseball team advisor, at 98 (Asahi, Kyodo, Yomiuri), and the arrest of a man in his 40s for the Kitakyushu McDonald's stabbings that left one student dead (Japan Times, NHK, Sankei, TBS, Yahoo). Meanwhile, Sapporo continues facility upgrades despite dropping Olympic bid (Hokkaido Shimbun).