Overview
- Tokyo investigators sent the arrested IT firm head to prosecutors Sunday on a suspected body-disposal charge, with searches still using drones and police dogs around Ōtarumi Pass where he reportedly stopped.
- Fukuoka police captured the nationally wanted suspect in a March 22 stabbing in a Kumamoto lodging Sunday and also arrested two people on suspicion of harboring him as the suspect remained silent.
- Food makers reported delays for tofu containers made from petroleum-based plastics and higher factory fuel bills tied to Middle East tensions, prompting warnings of May supply gaps and selective price hikes.
- Orix beat SoftBank with a ninth-inning RBI single by Nishikawa after an eighth-inning tying homer, and later results put Orix level at the top of the Pacific League, according to NHK.
- At Nakayama Racecourse, Lobchen won the Satsuki Sho in a record 1:56.5 under jockey Kohei Matsuyama, taking a second G1 title and the ¥200 million first prize.