NHK led with a report that the Democratic Party will hold an election to select its new leader today. Most commercial networks led with reports that pools of “mysterious” water were found in the underground space beneath the buildings of the new fish market under construction in Toyosu.

Major front-page items in national dailies included a GOJ plan to decommission the Monju fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture; a Health Ministry panel’s interim report on the suspect in a mass murder that occurred in July at a Kanagawa facility for disabled people; and soil issues at the new fish market in Toyosu.