NHK, TBS, and Fuji TV gave top play to reports on inclement weather in Hokkaido and Tohoku. NTV and TV Asahi led with reports that the baseball team Hiroshima Carp is now one victory away from its first Central League pennant since 1991.

Top stories in national dailies included a plan by the Health Ministry to urge drug companies to include instructions on children’s dosage for prescription drugs (Asahi); a GOJ plan to take a two-tiered approach to debate on the Imperial Household system (Mainichi); the start of the Rio Paralympics (Yomiuri); a plan by the central and Tokyo governments to ease regulations for daycare centers (Nikkei); and the East Asia Summit (Sankei).