Japan's House of Councillors convened the first plenary session of the current Diet at 10:00 a.m. local time on the 5th.

From Oct 5, rainfall in southern China will taper and most areas will shift from rain to clear skies. Through early October, precipitation will be sparse across most of the country, with clear or partly cloudy conditions prevailing. Minimum temperatures in the south are expected broadly to hit new H2 lows; Fuzhou, Guangzhou and Nanning are forecast to fall below 20°C for the first time in H2.

Datafolha poll projects incumbent President Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro will advance to Brazil's presidential runoff.