According to Japanese media, a man stabbed and killed a female employee and himself at the Ikebukuro Pokémon Center in Tokyo. This video of the aftermath is going viral on social media.

Taketa Tsuneyasu, a close relative of the Japanese imperial family, sexually harassed the Comfort Women memorial statue in South Korea, took photos, and claimed to have performed "butt-grabbing" and "nose-picking" punishments on the statue. He also frequently lectures at Japan's National Defense Academy and to the Self-Defense Forces.