NHK gave top play to a report that the GOJ has drafted a plan for making early child education free of charge even at unauthorized daycare centers. All commercial networks led with reports that grand champion sumo wrestler Harumafuji allegedly injured a fellow wrestler by hitting him with a beer bottle last month.

Major front-page items in national papers included the scandal involving grand champion sumo wrestler Harumafuji and Tokyo Governor Koike’s decision to step down as leader of the Party of Hope that she founded only two months ago.