Top items this afternoon included Prime Minister Abe’s meeting with family members of Hansen’s disease (leprosy) patients, a Tokyo court’s approval of a prosecutors’ request for the extended detention of actress Erika Sawajiri following her arrest for drug possession, Hong Kong Chief Executive Lam’s comments on the results of Sunday’s district council elections, and a World Anti-Doping Agency panel’s recommendation that Russian athletes be barred from attending sporting events, including the Tokyo Olympics, for the next four years.