Coverage moved to the United States, where Trump greeted the Chinese leader on the tarmac at Andrews. Washington announced a two-month extension of the trade truce to January 29, framed in Japan as Trump's bid for results before the midterms and in Beijing as proof of equal status. Focus shifted to White House talks on AI, Taiwan arms sales and trade, Iran and North Korea.
At home attention returned to Typhoon No.25, with the toll revised from 10 dead and four missing to 11 dead and three missing in Chiba and Kanagawa. Water remained around Inbanuma levees, submerging homes and farmland, while the Uchibo Line was expected to need over three months to restore as Typhoon No.26 formed south of Okinawa.
In Aichi-Nagoya, 17-year-old Shin Ohashi set a 2:04.83 world record in the men's 200m breaststroke, and Japan beat China for its first table tennis team gold in 60 years.