NHK, NTV, and TBS gave top coverage to follow-up reports on the death of Japanese aid worker Dr. Tetsu Nakamura in Afghanistan. TV Asahi led with a report on a shooting at a U.S. military base in Hawaii. NHK later said three civilian workers were shot and two of them died. The shooter, a U.S. sailor at the base, reportedly killed himself. Fuji TV led with a report on a plan by prosecutors to indict actress Erika Sawajiri for possession of the synthetic drug MDMA.
