President Donald Trump is in Japan as part of his Asia tour, where he signed major deals on critical and rare earths minerals and economic security with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Trump also met with Japanese families whose loved ones were abducted by North Korea decades ago, and spoke to U.S. Navy personnel near Tokyo. Trump will head to South Korea next, where he’ll meet Chinese communist regime leader Xi Jinping for high-stakes talks on trade, rare-earth exports, fentanyl, Russian oil, and more.

Jamaica is bracing for what could be its most powerful storm on record. Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 system packing winds of up to 175 miles per hour, is due to make landfall on Tuesday. Officials have already blamed the storm for seven deaths across the Caribbean. Melissa is expected to hit Cuba next, where more than half a million people have been evacuated from coastal and mountain areas.

The U.S. government shutdown is now entering Day 28. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republicans have a plan to fix health care but need bipartisan cooperation to move forward. He’s also warning that contingency funds can’t be used to keep food assistance running past Nov. 1. In a major break, a top federal workers’ union is urging Democrats to back a GOP bill to reopen the government.