NHK and TV Asahi gave top play to reports that a U.S. military F-16 fighter jet belonging to Misawa AB in Aomori jettisoned two fuel tanks into Lake Ogawara located north of the base due to an engine fire. The network said several fishermen were gathering freshwater clams in the lake at the time of the incident. NTV led with a report on the PyeongChang Olympics. TBS reported that Prime Minister Abe is being grilled at the Diet over his retraction of flawed data he had presented earlier regarding the amount of overtime put in by Japanese workers.