2019 Jackson State Tigers football team, Game summaries, at South Alabama
USA outscored JSU 18-7 in the second half to close-out the contest. Mobile native Keshawn Harper ran with pride and gutted the Jaguars for 77 yards on 10 carries, which accounted for 7.5 yards per carry. True freshman Tyson Alexander rushed for 44 yards and scored his first-career touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 30-yard dash down the USA sideline.


2019 Jackson State Tigers football team, Game summaries, at South Alabama
One JSU's goals was to limit USA dual-threat quarterback Cephus Johnson and for the most part did. Johnson, who accounted for over 250 yards of total offense and scored three touchdowns last week at Nebraska, was held to 150 yards and turned the ball over twice. JSU's defense forced three turnovers. CJ Holmes and Tenoa Alex each recorded an interception. Alex also forced a fumble and Jakaiszer Glass recovered it.


2019 Jackson State Tigers football team, Game summaries, at South Alabama
All-American linebacker Keonte Hampton finished with a game-high 15 tackles. Tyler Rogers added 10 stops and Quedarrion Barnett made seven tackles.


2019 Jackson State Tigers football team, Game summaries, vs. Tennessee State
Jackson State gashed Tennessee State for 338 yards on the ground and rolled to a 49-44 win at the 30th Southern Heritage Classic at the Liberty Bowl. The 49 points was the most points by Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic and ended a six-game losing streak in the series to TSU.


2019 Jackson State Tigers football team, Game summaries, vs. Tennessee State
"I'm very proud of this team," JSU head coach John Hendrick said. "It wasn't pretty, but we did not give up and left it all on the field. We faced adversity and responded in a positive manner. We'll enjoy this win and take a week off, get better, and get ready for Kentucky State in the Circle City Classic." The first quarter started off with bang. Josh Littles took the opening kickoff back 100 yards, however, TSU responded with a 96-yard kickoff return of its own to knot the game at 7-7. The Tigers' remaining touchdowns in the first half were via the ground game.


2019 Jackson State Tigers football team, Game summaries, vs. Tennessee State
Facing a third and long, the Tigers dialed up a designed quarterback draw and Derrick Ponder scampered for a 23-yard touchdown – untouched – as the momentum began to swing in favor of the Blue & White. With 1:08 remaining in the first quarter, Tyson Alexander scored on a 52-yard touchdown and JSU led 21-7. Jordan Johnson, who rushed for a game-high 141 yards and was named Southern Heritage Classic MVP, scored from four yards out with 1:18 remaining in the half. TSU scored in the waning moments of the half and JSU led 28-17 at the break.


2019 Jackson State Tigers football team, Game summaries, vs. Tennessee State
The halftime didn't cool the offenses for either team. TSU opened the third quarter with a field goal and JSU countered with a five play, 39-yard drive that ended with a DD Bowie six-yard touchdown off an end-around. Bowie scored JSU's next touchdown, also a six-yard rush, but on a reverse to open a 42-30 lead. The Tigers final scoring drive of the game took 5:38 off the clock and Ponder found tight end Kyland Richey on a 16-yard pitch and catch. Keshawn Harper finished with 71 yards on seven carries from an average of 7.9 yards per attempt. All-American linebacker Keonte Hampton finished with a game-high nine tackles and added a sack. Tyler Rogers notched six stops and one sack.


2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team
The 2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team represented Jacksonville University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Ian Shields and played their home games at D. B. Milne Field. They were members of the Pioneer Football League (PFL). On December 3, 2019, Jacksonville University announced the discontinuation of the football program, making 2019 the final season of Dolphins football.


2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team, Previous season
The Dolphins finished the 2018 season 2–8, 1–7 in PFL play to finish in last place.


2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Dolphins were picked to finish in eighth place.


2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team, Preseason, Preseason All–PFL teams
The Dolphins had two players selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.


2019 Jacksonville Jaguars season
The 2019 season was the Jacksonville Jaguars' 25th in the National Football League (NFL) and their third under head coach Doug Marrone.


2019 Jacksonville Jaguars season
The Jaguars signed quarterback Nick Foles to a four-year, $88 million contract on March 11, 2019. It was also their first season since 2013 without Blake Bortles on the roster, as Bortles signed with the defending NFC champion Los Angeles Rams in free agency on March 18, 2019. Foles suffered a clavicle injury in week 1, and was replaced with rookie Gardner Minshew for the majority of the season. The Jaguars slightly improved on their 5–11 record from the previous season, but were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season after a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.


2019 Jacksonville Jaguars season
This season, the Jags became the first team since the 1986 Tampa Bay Buccaneers to lose 5 straight games by 3 possessions or more.


2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
The 2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach John Grass and played their home games at Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team, Previous season
The Gamecocks finished the 2018 season 9–4, 7–1 in OVC play to win the conference championship for the fifth consecutive year. They received the OVC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated East Tennessee State in the first round before losing in the second round to Maine.


2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Gamecocks were picked to finish in first place.


2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team, Preseason, Preseason All-OVC team
The Gamecocks had seven players at seven positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.


2019 Jacksonville mayoral election
The 2019 Jacksonville mayoral election was held on March 19, 2019, to elect the mayor of Jacksonville. Incumbent mayor Lenny Curry won a majority of votes to win a second term in office.


2019 Jacksonville mayoral election, Candidates, Democratic Party
While Democratic candidates did declare their candidacy, no Democratic candidates qualified for the mayoral election in 2019.


2019 Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council election
Elections to the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) were held on 27 February 2020. The votes were counted on 2 March 2020 with the NPP emerging as the largest party alliance in the Council with 12 and its ally UDP with 10 seats respectively.


2019 Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council election, Results
The counting was held on 2 March 2019. The NPP emerged single largest party by winning 12 seats.


2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing
On 7 October 2019, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device in a rickshaw in Jalalabad as a minibus carrying Afghan Army recruits passed it. At least fourteen people were killed and 37 others were injured.


2019 Jambyl Ahmetbekov presidential campaign
Secretary of the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (QKHP) and Mazhilis MP Jambyl Ahmetbekov was unanimously nominated as a presidential candidate at the party's 14th Congress on 26 April 2019. Ahmetbekov was the party's nominee in the 2011 presidential election where he earned 3rd place in the race and took 1.36% of the vote. He began collecting signatures on 29 April and was finished by 4 May 2019. Ahmetbekov was officially registered by the Central Election Commission on 6 May. He expressed his confidence in the race claiming his experience and known popularity would benefit him. Ahmetbekov's campaign officially announced the electoral platforms on 14 May and the following day, Ahmetbekov himself presented them in the villages of Korgalzhyn and Shalkar in Akmola Region.


2019 Jambyl Ahmetbekov presidential campaign, Policies, Economic policy
Ahmetbekov advocated the continuation of economic integration in international relations with neighboring countries, both within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Belt and Road Initiative with China. Although he stated that "economic interaction with the closest neighbors should carry the basis for the growth of the well-being of ordinary Kazakhstanis, not oligarchs."


2019 Jambyl Ahmetbekov presidential campaign, Campaign
Throughout the campaign, Ahmetbekov took a populist tone where he blamed the lack of social spending on "fugitive oligarchs" in which he referred to exiled Kazakh banker and politician Mukhtar Ablyazov by accusing of stealing all the government budget money. He called for prosecution and tighter legislation to combat the problem. In an interview to Vlast.kz, Ahmetbekov proposed for regulation of certain content on the internet by having Kazakhstan creating its own Facebook, telling that "no one from the outside would act on us, on our brains! The same fugitive oligarch like Ablyazov. Or his supporters, or his henchmen who process the brains."


2019 Jambyl Ahmetbekov presidential campaign, Campaign
On 20 May 2019, he held meeting with the labor collective of the Kyzylorda Bus Depot.


2019 James Madison Dukes football team
The 2019 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium. They competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 14–2, 8–0 in CAA play to be CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth, Northern Iowa, and Weber State to advance to the FCS National Championship Game where they lost to North Dakota State.


2019 James Madison Dukes football team, Previous season
The Dukes finished the 2018 season 9–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Delaware in the first round before losing to Colgate in the second round.


2019 James Madison Dukes football team, Previous season
On December 7, 2018, Mike Houston was formally announced and hired as the next coach of East Carolina, alongside nine staff members.


2019 James Madison Dukes football team, Preseason, CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Dukes were predicted to finish in first place.


2019 James Madison Dukes football team, Preseason, Preseason All–CAA team
The Dukes had six players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2019 James Madison Dukes football team, FCS Playoffs
The Dukes entered the postseason tournament as the number two seed, with a first-round bye.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack
The Jamia Millia Islamia attack refers to the forceful entry by Delhi police into the Jamia Millia Islamia university during a confrontation with student protesters that started outside the campus on 15 December 2019. Hundreds of police officers forcefully entered the campus and detained more than a hundred students during the confrontation with the protesters. The police used batons and tear gas to disperse protesters. The police also entered the university library and washrooms and in the process of the violence ransacked parts of it. The visuals of students being dragged and assaulted by the police were telecast by news channels. About two hundred people were injured and were admitted to AIIMS and the Holy Family Hospital.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack
Thousands of people protested outside the Delhi Police Headquarters immediately after the attack. Reactionary protests were held in all the major cities of India. The attack triggered widespread controversy and garnered international condemnation. The Human Rights Watch urged the Indian government to order a probe into the attack.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Background
The Citizenship Amendment Act protests are a series of ongoing protests in India against the Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA. The university of Jamia Millia Islamia became a center of the protest.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Background, 13 December protest
On 13 December 2019, the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University undertook a march to the Parliament protesting against the CAA. They were prevented from going ahead by the police who used batons and tear gas to disperse the protesters leading to clashes with them. Fifty students were detained by the police after the clash. According to the students, police attacked the peaceful protesters with stones and batons, in which several students were injured. The students then retaliated with stones. Police denied the allegations claiming that after the protesters were prevented from taking their march forward they attacked the policemen with stones, after which the police used tear gas shells. Several students were injured in a baton charge.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Attack
On the morning of 15 December 2019, more than two thousand students of Jamia joined the protests against CAA in Delhi. Jamia Millia Student Body and Jamia Millia Islamia Teacher's Association (JTA) condemned the violence that happened on the same day in Delhi and stated that no student or teacher was involved in the violence.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Attack
On 15 December, Delhi Police attacked students of Jamia Millia Islamia including Shaheen Abdullah, Chanda Yadav, Ladeeda Farzana and Aysha Renna at New Friends Colony.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Attack
At 6:46 pm on 15 December 2019, hundreds of police officers, during confrontations with violent protesters, forcefully entered the campus of Jamia, without the permission of college authority. The police used batons and tear gas on the protesting students. Nearly a hundred students were detained by the Delhi police and released at 3:30 am next morning. The visuals of students being dragged and assaulted by the police was telecast by news channels. Students from all across Delhi joined the agitation. About two hundred people were injured and were admitted to AIIMS and the Holy Family Hospital.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Attack, Attack on library
The police fired tear gas canisters inside the main library. Students scrambled over desks and smashed windows to escape. In a video, released in 15 December 2019, it can be seen that the students who were taking refuge inside the library were trying to escape from the reading room where tear gas was fired. Later, the police denied entering the library.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Attack, Attack on library
On 15 February 2020, the Jamia Coordination Committee released a CCTV footage which confirms that indeed police and para-military personnel entered into the research scholar section of the library and randomly beat up students who can be seen sitting and reading at their respective seats. Another video posted by , an online media platform, shows that the police broke the door of the PG reading room of the library and started beating the students. The students could be seen pleading with the police not to beat them but it was in vain.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Attack, Attack on library
The police brutality and vandalism continued and at the end the police can be seen damaging the CCTV which was capturing the incidents. The Quint released another video on 17 February 2020, where it can be seen that police and para-military personnel entered the library and vandalised, breaking chairs and reading desk and damaging CCTVs. It can also be seen that the police lathi charged the frightened students who were trying their best to hide to save themselves from such brutality.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Attack, Firing
On 16 December 2019, two students of Jamia were admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital with bullet injuries received during the protests on 15 December. One of the victims, M. Tamin stated that he was not participating in the protest and was passing through the area on a motorcycle, when police suddenly started caning the protesters and he was shot in the leg by police from point blank range. The doctors treating him stated that the wounds were gunshot wounds. The police stated that they were investigating the allegations of gunshot.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Aftermath
The university shut down until 5 January 2020 and the residents were asked to leave the campus.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Aftermath, Investigation
On 12 January, vice-chancellor Najma Akhtar said that she would approach the court to file an FIR against the Delhi Police. However, no FIR is filed yet. She also assured students that campus security would be improved. An internal probe by the Delhi police revealed that at least three bullets were fired during the crackdown.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Aftermath, Investigation
On 30 January, Delhi Police identified photos of 69 people suspected of being involved in violence and rioting during the protest against CAA in Jamia Nagar.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Aftermath, Reactions
Some celebrity alumni of Jamia, including Shah Rukh Khan, Virender Sehwag, and Kabir Khan were criticized for the failure to condemn the crackdown on their alma mater.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Aftermath, Protests
Protests were held in solidarity with Jamia students in several major universities across the subcontinent, including IIM Ahmedabad, Banaras Hindu University, Dhaka University, and IIT Bombay. Over 400 scholars from US universities including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and Tufts issued a joint statement expressing solidarity with Jamia students.


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Aftermath, Further violence
A juvenile Hindu nationalist opened fire at a protest at the Jamia Millia Islamia, injuring one student. The event happened on the 72nd anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, also by a Hindu nationalist. He was arrested and charged with attempted murder. The man shouted slogans of "Jai Shri Ram" (Victory to Lord Rama) and "Delhi Police Zindabad" (Long live Delhi police). Before open firing at the protestors, the attacker shouted "Kisko chahiye Azadi? Main Dunga Azadi" (Who wants freedom? I will give freedom).


2019 Jamia Millia Islamia attack, Aftermath, Further violence
On 2 February 2020, late at night when people were protesting, two unidentified men fired shots near gate 5 of the University, the third attack in the area after 2nd attack during the Shaheen Bagh protest. Though there was no casualty reported.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes
On 27 February 2019, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) conducted six airstrikes at multiple locations in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The airstrikes were part of the PAF military operation codenamed Operation Swift Retort and were conducted in retaliation to the Indian Air Force (IAF) airstrike in Balakot just a day before on 26 February.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes
It was the first time since 1971 that both countries' airforces had conducted airstrikes on each other's territory across the Line of Control (LoC). India conducted an airstrike in Balakot on 26 February while Pakistan responded by conducting airstrikes in Indian-administered Kashmir. Following Pakistan's airstrikes, Indian Air Force (IAF) jets started pursuing Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets. In the resulting dogfight, Pakistan claimed to have shot down two Indian jets and captured one Indian pilot. Indian officials acknowledged that one IAF jet was lost. Indian officials also claimed to have shot down a PAF's F-16 jet. Pakistan rejected the Indian claim and said that the PAF did not suffer any losses in the dogfight. One IAF Mil Mi-17 helicopter was also lost due to a friendly fire incident.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Background, Pulwama attack
On 14 February 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway was attacked by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group's vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethpora in the Pulwama district, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The attack resulted in the deaths of 46 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and the attacker. The perpetrator of the attack was from Indian-administered Kashmir.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Background, Balakot airstrike
After the attack, India said it targeted alleged militant camps of Jaish-e-Mohammed in an airstrike on Balakot, Pakistan, and killed a large number of militants. Pakistan condemned the violation of Line of Control and vowed to retaliate. In a press conference, spokesperson of the Pakistan Army, Major-General Asif Ghafoor, said that Pakistan will respond to the airstrike and will surprise India.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Background, Balakot airstrike
Additionally, he rejected India's claims of hitting militant camps and causing any damage or casualties. Ghafoor said that if the airstrikes caused casualties, there would have been blood and funeral prayers, but not even a single brick or any debris was present there. He further stated that anyone can visit the site to verify the claims. However, the site was closed for one and a half month or 43 days before opened to foreign delegates.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes
On 27 February 2019, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Pakistan Air Force had conducted six airstrikes at non-military targets in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistani officials stated that their fighter jets were able to lock onto the target with great accuracy but they were ordered to drop their bombs in an open space where there was no human presence to avoid any human loss or collateral damage. According to Pakistani officials, the strike was meant to demonstrate Pakistan's capability to do without any wanted further escalations.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the strikes were meant to send a message to India. Indian Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor refuted Imran Khan's claim, he stated that “Pakistan claims they intentionally dropped weapons in open space where there was no human presence, however, they dropped bombs on military targets (for IAF's airstrike on terrorist camps). Therefore the escalation has been done not by us by him [Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan]”. The PAF jets entered into Indian air space over Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Nowshera sector to hit targets.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes
The locations struck by the PAF jets were identified to be Nadian, Laam Jhangar, Kerri in Rajouri District and Hamirpur area of Bhimber Ghali in Poonch by Indian officials. Indian officials, however, denied that the target of Pakistani airstrike were non-military targets. Indian officials claimed that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets had deliberately targeted military positions like the Indian army's 25th division headquarters, ammunition and supply depot. According to Indian Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor, the Pakistani airstrike missed their intended target. PAF jets were intercepted by an unspecified number of IAF jets. The IAF fleet was composed of MiG-21, Sukhoi Su-30MKI and Dassault Mirage 2000.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes, Initial Planning
At 8:45 AM, Pakistani airspace was shut down for civilian flights and all commercial flights were cancelled. PAF aircraft took off about 30 minutes later coordinating the timing with the changeover of IAF AWACS. A combination of 25 aircraft including F-16 and Mirage 5 made their way towards Indian airspace but stayed within Pakistani airspace. Some of the aircraft went south towards Rajasthan to act as decoys.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes, Aerial engagement
The announcement was followed by a tweet of Director-General of the ISPR, Maj Gen. Asif Ghafoor, which revealed that the Pakistan Air Force had shot down two Indian aircraft after they encroached on Pakistan's airspace. The ISPR stated that the wreckage of one of the aircraft fell in Azad Kashmir while the other one fell in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. One of the aircraft which crashed in Azad Kashmir was identified to be a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 flown by Wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman. He was captured by a Pakistan military unit who were present in the premises.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes, Aerial engagement
The villagers at the ground told Pakistani newspaper Dawn that they saw two jets in flame. However, Indian officials rejected Pakistani claims of shooting down IAF Su-30 MKI jets and said that they were an attempt by Pakistan to cover up the loss of its F-16. Indian sources claim that it is impossible to hide an aircraft crash as of now.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes, Aerial engagement
Pakistan's director-general of Inter-Services Public Relations (the official spokesperson of the armed forces of Pakistan) initially stated that it captured more than one Indian pilot and that one was admitted to CMH hospital, but changed their statement after some time and to say only one pilot is in their custody. This was later clarified to have been a "mistake" caused by fog of war.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes, Aerial engagement
Indian officials initially denied that an Indian Air Force (IAF) jet was shot down. They also claimed that all IAF pilots were accounted for and denied that any IAF pilot was captured by Pakistani security forces. Later, Indian officials acknowledged that one IAF MiG-21 was shot down and its pilot was in the custody of Pakistan security forces. The Indian Air Force also claimed to have shot down one F-16 by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from his MiG-21 aircraft. However, Pakistani officials rejected India's claim. Pakistani officials said that "in today's day and age, it is impossible to hide downing of an aircraft". On the Air Force day, 8 October 2019, IAF reportedly flew the Su-30 MKI claimed to have downed by Pakistan Air Force.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Airstrikes, Friendly fire
On the same day, one Indian Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashed killing 6 Indian Air Force personnel and 1 civilian in the Budgam district. However, after six months of investigation, Indian officials revealed that the helicopter was shot down due to friendly fire incident. The investigation also confirmed that SPYDER surface-to-air missile of the IAF was used to shoot down the helicopter and five IAF personnel were held guilty in the friendly fire case.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, India
The Ministry of External Affairs in a press conference confirmed that the PAF violated the LoC and entered Indian airspace through the Nowshera and Poonch sectors, shooting down one IAF jet and causing its pilot to go missing. India also claimed to have shot down one PAF F-16 Fighting Falcon. A claim which was denied by Pakistan saying no F-16 was used in the operation. Additionally, Indian officials rejected Pakistani claims of shooting down an Su-30MKI. Indian sources claim that it is impossible to hide an aircraft crash as of now.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, India
On 28 February, Indian officials again alleged that two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets had violated Indian airspace. According to the Indian officials, the PAF jets were intercepted over the Poonch and Krishna Gati sectors. However, no aerial combat took place and PAF jets returned to their airspace.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, India
In April 2019, a joint Indian Air Force-Indian Army BDS unit claimed to have carried out a bomb defusal operation in Mendhar, Rajouri, where they had successfully defused 3-4 unexploded H-4 SOW bombs that had been fired from PAF jets.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, India
The Indian Air Force was displeased with the performance of the R-77 missiles since they were outranged by the AIM-120 AMRAAM used by Pakistan Air Force. Hence, they are planning to rearm using the  I-Derby ER missile instead.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, Pakistan
DG ISPR Asif Ghafoor later conducted a press conference, stating: "Since today morning activity has been ongoing at LoC. This morning PAF engaged six targets across LoC from within Pakistani airspace". He also said that the strikes were carried out to just demonstrate Pakistan's aggressive capabilities. Pakistan asserted that no F-16 was used in the operation. Initially, Pakistani officials stated that two IAF personnel were caught but later corrected their statement and stated that only one IAF personnel was in their custody. Pakistani officials stated that it was the fog of war that led them to believe that there were two IAF personnel in their custody.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the nation saying that the sole purpose of our action was to convey that "if you can come into our country, we can do the same". Khan also offered India for peace talks.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, United States
According to Foreign Policy journalist Lara Seligman, U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the matter asserted that the US has recently completed a physical count of Pakistan's F-16s and has found none missing. One US official also disagreed with India's claim that usage restrictions disallow Pakistan from employing F-16s in military encounters with India.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, United States
The Washington Post, Indian newspaper Hindustan Times reported that a United States Department of Defense spokesman claimed that he was "not aware" of any such investigation that was conducted and stated, "As a matter of policy, the Department does not publicly comment on details of government-to-government agreements on end-use monitoring of US-origin defence articles." However, The Washington Post reported that like the Pentagon, the State Department has yet to issue any public statement on F-16 count.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Aftermath, United States
In December 2019, USNews reported that the United States had sent a letter to Pakistan Air Force in August expressing its concern about the alleged misuse of F-16s during the skirmish in February. The letter mentioned the State Department's confirmation that Pakistan had violated its agreement with the US by deploying F-16s and its complement of missiles to unauthorized forward air bases.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, Exhibit
A statue of the Indian pilot Abhinandan was installed in the Pakistan Air Force museum in an exhibit named Operation Swift Retort. The exhibit also displays the missing parts and wreckage of the MiG-21 as well as a tea mug.


2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes, In media
An official Pakistani film on the topic was released on 14 August 2019. It was directed, produced and written by DJ Kamal Mustafa. The story of the film is based on the attack, and shows the Pakistan Air Force response to the Indian attack and the capture of Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. It is the only single animated film released in Pakistan in 2019. Operation Swift Retort was a non-profit movie. The Operation Swift Retort film was made entirely in 2 months.


2019 Japan Cup (handball)
The 2019 Japan Cup was a friendly women's handball tournament held in Shibuya Tokyo, Japan at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium between 21–24 November, organised by the Japan Handball Association as preparation for the home team for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship and as a test event for the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2019 Japan Football League
The 2019 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第21回日本フットボールリーグ(第21回 JFL 2019), Hepburn: Dai Nijūikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu (Dai Nijūikkai JFL 2019)) is the seventh season of the fourth tier in Japanese football, and the 21st season since the establishment of Japan Football League.


2019 Japan Football League
Starting from this season, the league reverted to a one-stage double round-robin again.


2019 Japan Football League, 2019 season Clubs
Sixteen clubs will feature in this season of Japan Football League. There were some changes: Vanraure Hachinohe won promotion to pro football in 2018, while Cobaltore Onagawa was relegated. There are two new clubs in the JFL, debuting in this category: Matsue City FC won the Regional Promotion Series, while Suzuka Unlimited FC came second in the final phase.


2019 Japan Football League, Promotion from Regional Leagues
Iwaki FC and Kochi United SC won the promotion after coming in the Top 2 of the Final Round of the 2019 Regional Promotion Series.


2019 Japan Golf Tour
The 2019 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 17 January to 8 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan. Other than the four majors, which are played outside Japan, there was one event played in Singapore and one event in South Korea. The SMBC Singapore Open was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The Shinhan Donghae Open was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. The Zozo Championship was co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour (part of the 2019–20 PGA Tour season), the first ever such co-sanctioning.


2019 Japan Golf Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2019 schedule. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships).


2019 Japan Open (badminton)
The 2019 Japan Open (officially known as the Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a BWF World Tour 750 event which took place at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 to 28 July 2019. It had a total purse of $750,000.


2019 Japan Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2019 Japan Open was the fifteenth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Japan Open championships, which has been held since 1977. This tournament was organized by Nippon Badminton Association with the sanction of the BWF.


2019 Japan Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo, Japan.


2019 Japan Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.


2019 Japan Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$750,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Japan Series
The 2019 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) 2019 season. The 70th edition of the Japan Series, it was played from 19-23 October. The series was a best-of-seven playoff between the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the Pacific League's (PL) Climax Series champion and defending Japan Series champions, and the Yomiuri Giants, the Central League's (CL) Climax Series champion. The Hawks defeated the Giants in a four game sweep to win their third consecutive Japan Series championship, their fifth title in six years; they are also the first team to win three straight Japan Series titles since the Seibu Lions did it from 1990 to 1992.


2019 Japan Series
The Hawks finished the 2019 regular season in second place in the Pacific League. They advanced to the Japan Series after defeating the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Saitama Seibu Lions in the PL Climax Series. The Giants finished in first place in the Central League, earning a bye in the first stage of the CL Climax Series, followed by a victory over the Hanshin Tigers to reach the Japan Series.


2019 Japan Series
SoftBank beat Yomiuri in four games, the sixth time the Japan Series has ended in a sweep. The first two games were played at the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome and the other two at the Tokyo Dome. Yurisbel Gracial was given the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award and Yoshiyuki Kamei the Fighting Spirit Award.


2019 Japan Series, Climax Series
For the second year in a row, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks finished the 2019 regular season in second place in the Pacific League (PL) behind the Saitama Seibu Lions, securing them a place as host team for the First Stage of the Climax Series, a best-of-three series against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. After defeating the Eagles 2–1, SoftBank advanced to the Final Stage, where they competed against the Lions, who won the PL championship. The series is best-of-six and the Lions were awarded a one-win advantage as well as home field advantage for the entire series. For the second time in as many years, the Hawks went into the MetLife Dome and overcame the Lions one-win advantage. The Hawks defeated the Lions in all four games to move on to the Japan Series.


2019 Japan Series, Climax Series
For the first time since the 2014 season, the Yomiuri Giants finished with the best record in the Central League, giving them a First Stage bye and advancing them directly to the Final Stage. They defeated the third place Hanshin Tigers 4–1, securing them a place in the Japan Series for the first time since 2013.


2019 Japan Series, Series notes
A Japanese baseball dynasty of the 2010s, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks had won the previous two Japan Series and four in the last five years. The Yomiuri Giants had won 22 Japan Series championships, more than any other team in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The last time the Giants won the championship was in the 2012 Japan Series, which was also the last time a Central League team had won the Japan Series. The Giants and the Hawks last played against each other in the Japan Series in 2000, when the Giants defeated the Hawks in six games.


2019 Japan Series, Series notes
Kimiyasu Kudo, the Hawks manager in 2019, had pitched for the Giants in the 2000 series and Tatsunori Hara was Giants manager both times. A week before the post-season began, Yomiuri catcher Shinnosuke Abe announced that he would be retiring at the end of the season after 19 years with the Giants. Abe has been described as one of the greatest catchers to have played in the NPB.


2019 Japan Series, Series notes
Home field advantage for the Japan Series alternates between the Pacific and Central leagues every year. For this series, it was the PL's turn to receive the advantage so it was awarded to the Hawks. SoftBank beat Yomiuri 2–1 in their only interleague series during the 2019 regular season. For the sixth year in a row, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) sponsored the naming rights for the Japan Series, so it was officially known as the "2019 SMBC Japan Series".


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In Game 1, the starting pitchers for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Yomiuri Giants were Kodai Senga and Shun Yamaguchi, respectively. It was Senga's third straight year starting Game 1 of the Japan Series and it was Yamaguchi's first Japan Series start. Both starting pitchers were Eiji Sawamura Award candidates during the regular season. Senga allowed a home run to Shinnosuke Abe in the top of the second inning, but Yurisbel Gracial hit a two-run home run n the bottom of the second inning. Senga allowed only the one run in seven innings.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Meanwhile, SoftBank scored a third run in the sixth inning with a run batted in (RBI) sacrifice fly by Akira Nakamura, and scored four runs in the seventh inning with a two-RBI single by Taisei Makihara, an RBI single by Yuki Yanagita, and an RBI ground out by Shuhei Fukuda. Takumi Ohshiro hit a solo home run for the Giants in the ninth inning to complete the game's scoring.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Rei Takahashi started Game 2 for SoftBank, and did not allow a hit into the seventh inning. C.C. Mercedes, the starting pitcher for Yomiuri, also allowed one hit to SoftBank in six innings. With Kan Otake pitching for the Giants in the seventh inning, an error then a single allowed two players to reach base. SoftBank then scored the game's first runs on a three-run home run by Nobuhiro Matsuda. SoftBank added three more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning on a solo home run by Yuki Yanagita and a two-run home run by Shuhei Fukuda.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In the ninth inning, SoftBank's Jumpei Takahashi recorded one out but walked the bases loaded. Yuito Mori, their closer, entered the game and Kazuma Okamoto drove in two runs, but was tagged out running the bases. Abe singled for the Giants to close the score to 6–3, but Mori retired the next batter, ending the game. With the win, SoftBank extended their championship finals series home winning streak to fourteen.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Yuri Takahashi started Game 3 for Yomiuri and Rick van den Hurk started for SoftBank. Yomiuri's Yoshiyuki Kamei scored the game's first run with a solo home run in the first inning. Gracial hit a solo home run for SoftBank in the top of the second inning. Alfredo Despaigne hit an RBI single in the top of the third inning, but Yomiuri tied the game at 2–2 in the bottom of the third inning with another home run by Kamei.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Shosei Togo relieved for the Giants in the fourth inning, but allowed four runs, including an RBI sacrifice fly by Yuya Hasegawa, a bases loaded base on balls to Yuki Yanagita, and a two-RBI single by Despaigne. Both teams prevented each other from scoring again, as SoftBank won 6–2, to move to within a victory of a three-peat.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Tomoyuki Sugano started Game 4 for Yomiuri and Tsuyoshi Wada started for SoftBank. Gracial hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning for SoftBank to open the scoring. Wada struck out six Giants in five innings without allowing a run. The Giants scored their first runs when Kazuma Okamoto hit a two-run home run off of Robert Suárez in the sixth inning. The Hawks and Giants both scored another run in the seventh inning. Mori finished the victory for SoftBank by pitching a scoreless ninth inning, earning the save, to cap the sweep.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Hawks clinched their third straight Japan Series title with the victory. Gracial, who batted 6-for-16 (.375) with three home runs and six RBIs in the series, won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award.


2019 Japan Series, Game summaries, Composite line score
2019 Japan Series (4–0): Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) beat Yomiuri Giants (CL).


2019 Japan Women's Open
The 2019 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It was held at the Regional Park Tennis Stadium in Hiroshima, Japan, from September 9 through September 15, 2019.


2019 Japan Women's Open, Point distribution, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money2 Per team


2019 Japan Women's Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Japan Women's Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Japan Women's Open – Doubles
Eri Hozumi and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions, but Zhang chose to compete in Nanchang instead. Hozumi played alongside Makoto Ninomiya, but lost in the quarterfinals to Christina McHale and Valeria Savinykh.


2019 Japan Women's Open – Doubles
Misaki Doi and Nao Hibino won the title, defeating McHale and Savinykh in the final, 3–6, 6–4, [10–4].


2019 Japan Women's Open – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but lost to Nao Hibino in the quarterfinals.


2019 Japan Women's Open – Singles
Hibino went on to win the title, defeating Misaki Doi in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2019 Japan Women's Sevens
The 2019 Japan Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the Japan Women's Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 20–21 April 2019 at Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu.


2019 Japan Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.


2019 Japan Women's Sevens, Teams
Eleven core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, 2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series winner Japan:


2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
The Japanese Formula 3 Championship is the 41st Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.


2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
In August 2019, Japan Race Promotion, the series promoter, surrendered the right to organise a Japanese Formula 3 championship at the end of the season by choosing to deviate from the Formula Regional class and go to a Euroformula Open Championship-based formula, which will require the renaming of the series as Super Formula Lights from 2020 season onwards. The FIA responded on 26 December 2020 by awarding the rights to organise a Formula Regional championship (as it will be renamed) to rival promoter K2, which promotes the F4 Japanese Championship. Their series, the Formula Regional Japanese Championship, is the legal successor series under FIA standards and be the FIA-approved and JAF-sanctioned regional Formula 3 championship in 2020.


2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship, Teams and drivers
For the 2019 season, the National class was replaced by the Master class, aimed at older drivers not on the FIA Single Seater Pyramid.


2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship, Race calendar
Calendar for the 2019 season. All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix
The 2019 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One racing event held on 13 October 2019 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka in the Mie Prefecture, Japan. The race was the 17th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 45th running of the Japanese Grand Prix. The 2019 event was the 35th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the 31st time that it had been held at Suzuka.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Background
Formally called the "Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2019", this Formula One Grand Prix event took place on 13 October 2019 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Japan. The circuit, which held its first Grand Prix in 1987, has a lap length of 5.807 km (3.608 miles) and the 53-lap race distance is 307.471 km (191.054 miles). Going into the race, the lap record, of 1 minute 31.540 seconds, was held by Kimi Räikkönen who took it at the 2005 Grand Prix.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Background, Weather
Due to the weather forecasts relating to Typhoon Hagibis, all the events planned for Saturday were cancelled. This included the Free Practice 3 session and qualifying, the latter of which was rescheduled for Sunday morning, a few hours before the race was due to start.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Background, Championship standings before the race
Heading into the 17th round of the championship, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 322 points, 73 points ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas. Third in the Drivers' Championship was Ferrari's driver Charles Leclerc with 215 points, with Max Verstappen from Red Bull Racing and Leclerc's teammate Sebastian Vettel in fourth and fifth places respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 162-point lead over second place Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing in third place. McLaren and Renault completed the top five.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. However, Japanese driver Naoki Yamamoto drove in the first practice session for Scuderia Toro Rosso, replacing Pierre Gasly. As a result, Yamamoto became the first Japanese driver in F1 since Kamui Kobayashi.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The main title sponsor of Ferrari, Mission Winnow, returned from this race, after it was used by the Scuderia at the Bahrain, Chinese, Azerbaijan, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix, but was not used at the Australian Grand Prix and from the Canadian Grand Prix until the Russian Grand Prix for legal reasons.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying
Qualifying began on Sunday morning at 10:00am JST (UTC+9:00), just over 4 hours before the race was due to start. The skies were clear after Typhoon Hagibis had passed the previous day, however, there were still heavy winds affecting the circuit.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying
Two minutes into the session Robert Kubica hit the outside wall at the exit of turn 18 after running wide onto the grass destroying the car's front wing and left-hand wheels and causing significant damage to the survival cell. Kubica was uninjured and the session was red-flagged whilst his car was recovered and debris was cleared from the track. Four minutes after the session restarted Kevin Magnussen spun at the same corner causing him to reverse into the outside wall, damaging his gearbox, front and rear wings.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying
The red flags came out again, however, Magnussen was able to continue driving completing a lap and entering the pits. Neither Kubica nor Magnussen were able to set a qualifying time, however, Williams and Haas were able to repair their respective cars before the beginning of the race with Kubica starting from the pit lane after his survival cell was replaced. Charles Leclerc set the fastest time of Q1 whilst Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Pérez and George Russell were eliminated alongside Kubica and Magnussen.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying
After setting the 15th fastest time, Nico Hülkenberg's car suffered a loss of hydraulic pressure causing him to be stuck in gear. Hülkenberg slowly returned to the pits and his car was retired from the session. Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time of Q2 with Antonio Giovinazzi, Lance Stroll, Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kvyat being eliminated alongside Hülkenberg.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying
Sebastian Vettel took pole position ahead of Leclerc and Bottas. This was Vettel's first pole position since the Canadian Grand Prix and the fifth consecutive pole position for Ferrari. The team took their 64th front-row lockout, equalling Mercedes's record. The pole position time of 1:27.064, which was set by the German driver, meaning the fastest ever lap made in Suzuka, beating the previous best ever lap of 1:27.319, which was set by Lewis Hamilton during the qualifying of the 2017 edition.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
At the start of the race Sebastian Vettel, on pole position, moved a fraction of a second too early. He was able to stop before overstepping his grid line, but this led to a poor start and the Ferrari was passed by the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas almost immediately. Vettel was investigated for a false start, however the stewards later decided against penalising him given that he did not overstep his line and thus the sensors used to detect a false start were not triggered.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
Max Verstappen attempted an overtake on the outside of Charles Leclerc through turn 2 for 3rd place, however, Leclerc understeered into Verstappen causing the Red Bull to spin out onto the grass. The collision resulted in significant damage to Verstappen's car and to Leclerc's front wing (also his left wing mirror), although both cars were able to continue racing.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
Leclerc was instructed by his team to enter the pits at the end of the opening lap, however, he was not aware of the damage to his front wing and stayed out on track as the damaged front wing wasn't affecting his performance significantly. Over the course of the second lap pieces of Leclerc's front wing broke off before the endplate detached entirely on the straight after turn 14, this endplate then hit Lewis Hamilton's car, which was directly behind him, breaking off one of the Mercedes's wing mirrors.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
After initially informing the stewards that Leclerc would pit at the end of lap 2 the team felt his car was now safe and instructed him to stay out for a third lap after which the race director ordered the car be brought into the pits to change its front wing. On lap 2 the stewards deemed the collision between Leclerc and Verstappen a racing incident with no investigation necessary.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
On lap 4 Alexander Albon attempted an overtake on the inside of Lando Norris at turn 16. The cars collided and Norris was left with floor damage harming his pace for the rest of the race. The incident was not investigated by the stewards. Norris had also earlier collected debris from Leclerc's front wing in his brake ducts which forced him to pit to avoid a brake fire dropping him to the back of the field.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
On lap 7 the stewards decided to re-open the investigation into the lap 1 collision between Leclerc and Verstappen, later deciding that the incident would be investigated after the race. Both drivers were by now attempting to come back through the field with Leclerc passing Verstappen for 16th place on lap 9. Verstappen's car was later retired from the race on lap 14 after having only managed to pass the two Williams cars with the team deciding that the damage from the opening lap incident was too great to continue.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
On lap 15 Albon was the first of the front-runners to make a pit stop from 5th place, Vettel then pitted on lap 16 from 2nd place as did Bottas from the lead on lap 17 causing Hamilton to inherit the race lead. Hamilton pitted on lap 21 handing the lead back to Bottas and restoring the order of the top three. Hamilton was fitted with medium-compound tyres with the team informing him that the plan was for him not to make another pit stop.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
This was despite degradation from previous laps meaning that he was now over 20 seconds behind the race leader. This made it improbable that Hamilton would be able to stay close enough to the leaders for him to take the race lead when Bottas and Vettel made an additional pit stop if Hamilton would have to preserve his tyres to last till the end of the race. Hamilton criticised the decision not to use hard-compound tyres, telling the team over radio "I'm out of the race now" after the team admitted that it was likely that Hamilton would have to make a second pit stop.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
Carlos Sainz made his pit stop from 4th place on lap 26 emerging behind Albon, meaning the Red Bull had gained a position over Sainz through the pit stops. Vettel made a second pit stop on lap 31 emerging in 3rd place. By lap 34 Leclerc had made it past Pierre Gasly and into 6th place from the back of the field. Bottas made his second stop on lap 36 coming out in 2nd place behind Hamilton. Hamilton was later pitted on lap 42 emerging in 3rd place behind Vettel. Leclerc was unable to keep up with Sainz's McLaren in the closing laps and the team decided to pit him on lap 47 for an attempt to claim the point for fastest lap.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
On the final lap Sergio Pérez attempted an overtake around the outside of Gasly for 8th place at turn 2. The two cars collided sending Pérez into the gravel. Under normal conditions Pérez would have been classified in 17th place as the two Williams cars were a lap behind him. However, the chequered flag lighting panels had mistakenly been shown to the leaders a lap early meaning that the results of the race were taken from the end of the 52nd lap. Thus, Pérez kept 9th place.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
Hamilton spent the closing laps attempting to catch and overtake Vettel but was ultimately unsuccessful. However, Hamilton was able to claim the fastest lap point. With Bottas crossing the line to take victory, Leclerc, Verstappen and Vettel were eliminated from the Drivers' Championship title contention.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
This, together with Mercedes outscoring Ferrari, their closest rivals, by 17 points, meant that Mercedes were assured their sixth consecutive Drivers' and Constructors' championships (with the Drivers' Championship winner still undecided between Hamilton and Bottas), a feat never before achieved by a team in the history of Formula One (the previous record was 5 consecutive Drivers' and 6 consecutive Constructors' championships for Ferrari between 1999 and 2004).


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
After the race, Leclerc was handed two penalties: a 5-second penalty for causing the collision with Verstappen, and a 10-second penalty for driving in an unsafe condition in the following laps. This demoted him to 7th place behind Daniel Ricciardo. Racing Point submitted a protest to the stewards over alleged illegal use of a "pre-set lap distance-dependent brake bias adjustment system" by Renault. On 23 October, ten days after the race, Renault was found to have used illegal driver aids and both drivers were disqualified from the results of the race, hence Leclerc kept his 6th place.


2019 Japanese Grand Prix, Race
On lap 45, Lewis Hamilton scored the new race lap record in Suzuka, with a time of 1:30.983, beating the previous race lap record time of 1:31.540, which was set by Kimi Räikkönen at the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix. The win for Bottas was also the first for a Finnish driver in the event since Räikkönen's 2005 win.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 21 July 2019 to elect 124 of the 245 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the then 710-member bicameral National Diet, for a term of six years.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election
74 members were elected by single non-transferable vote (SNTV)/First-past-the-post (FPTP) voting in 45 multi- and single-member prefectural electoral districts. The nationwide district elected 50 members by D'Hondt proportional representation with optionally open lists, the previous most open list system was modified in 2018 to give parties the option to prioritize certain candidates over the voters' preferences in the proportional election.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election
The election saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition lose the two-thirds majority needed to enact constitutional reform. The Liberal Democratic Party also lost its majority in the House of Councillors, but the LDP maintained control of the House of Councillors with its junior coalition partner Komeito.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background
The term of members elected in the 2013 regular election (including those elected in subsequent by-elections or as runners-up) was to end on 28 July 2019. Under the "Public Offices Election Act" (kōshoku-senkyo-hō), the regular election must be held within 30 days before that date, or under certain conditions if the Diet is in session or scheduled to open at that time, between 24 and 30 days after the closure of the session and thus potentially somewhat after the actual end of term.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background
Going into the election, the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito controlled a two-thirds super-majority of seats in the House of Representatives but did not control a similar super-majority of seats in the House of Councillors, necessary to initiate amendments of the Constitution of Japan.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background, Pre-election composition
In the class of members facing re-election, the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Kōmeitō and Party for Japanese Kokoro (PJK) had a combined 81 of 121 seats (as of March 2018). The governing coalition would have to lose 30 seats or more to forfeit its overall majority in the House of Councillors and face a technically divided Diet. However, as independents and minor opposition groups might be willing to support the government on a regular basis without inclusion in the cabinet, the losses required to face an actual divided Diet may have been much higher.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background, Pre-election composition
If the Diet is divided after the election, the coalition's two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives can still override the House of Councillors and pass legislation, but certain Diet decisions, notably the approval of certain nominations by the cabinet such as public safety commission members or Bank of Japan governor, would require the cooperation of at least part of the opposition or an expansion of the ruling coalition.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background, Pre-election composition
Among the members facing re-election were House of Councillors President Chuichi Date (LDP, Hokkaido), Kōmeitō leader Natsuo Yamaguchi (K, Tokyo) and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko (LDP, Wakayama at-large district).


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, District reapportionment
The following districts saw a change in their representation within the House at this election. One set of reforms were introduced in 2012 and first took effect at the 2013 election. The districts below are affected by the 2015 reforms, which started to take effect in the 2016 election.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, District reapportionment
In May 2018, the government announced that they are planning to introduce a revision into the Public Offices Election Law before the 2019 election. The proposed changes increased the number seats in the House by 6, 2 seats in the Saitama at-large district and 4 in the national PR block. As Saitama currently has the highest voters-to-councillor ratio, the increase would reduce its ratio gap with the least populous district (below the constitutional 3 to 1 limit).


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, District reapportionment
Meanwhile the seat increase in the PR block is aimed to address the absence of representation of prefectures in the merged-prefecture districts (namely Tottori-Shimane and Tokushima-Kōchi) and popular discontent in those prefectures. The plan also introduced a ranking system for the PR lists. This essentially changed it from a most open list system into a less open list system, mirroring the one used in the House of Representatives elections. To reduce the chance of the non-representation of a prefecture, candidates from prefectures not running in the merged districts were to be prioritised on the list.


2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, District reapportionment
Under the plan, the new Saitama seat and two new PR seats were contested in 2019, while the other three would be contested in 2022.


2019 Japanese Super Cup
The 2019 Japanese Super Cup (Fuji Xerox Super Cup 2019) was held on 16 February between the 2018 J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale and the 2018 Emperor's Cup winner Urawa Red Diamonds. Kawasaki Frontale won the title in regular time.


2019 Japanese imperial transition
After 30 years on the Chrysanthemum Throne, the then 85 year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated on 30 April 2019, being the first Emperor of Japan to do so since 1817. This marked the end of the Heisei era and the inception of the Reiwa era, and saw numerous festivities leading up to the accession of his son and successor, Emperor Naruhito. The Enthronement Ceremony took place on 22 October 2019. Akihito's younger son, Prince Akishino, is his brother's heir presumptive.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, Background
In 2010, Emperor Akihito informed his advisory council that he would eventually like to retire from his position. However, no action was taken by senior members of the Imperial Household Agency.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, Background
On 13 July 2016, national broadcaster NHK reported that the Emperor wished to abdicate in favour of his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito within a few years.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, Background
Senior officials within the Imperial Household Agency denied that there was any official plan for the monarch to abdicate. A potential abdication by the Emperor would require an amendment to the Imperial Household Law, which has no provisions for such a move.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, National speech
On 8 August 2016, the Emperor gave a rare televised address, where he emphasized his advanced age and declining health; this address was interpreted as an implication of his intention to abdicate.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, Legislation
With the intention of the abdication now known, the Cabinet Office appointed Yasuhiko Nishimura as the Imperial Household Agency's Vice Grand Steward. In October 2016, the Cabinet Office appointed a panel of experts to debate the Emperor's abdication.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, Legislation
In January 2017, the Lower House Budget committee began informally debating the constitutional nature of the abdication.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, Legislation
On 19 May 2017, the bill that would allow Akihito to abdicate was issued by the Japanese government's cabinet. On 8 June 2017, the National Diet passed it into law, permitting the government to begin arranging the process of handing over the position to Crown Prince Naruhito. This meant the Imperial Household Law was changed for the first time since 1949. The abdication officially occurred on 30 April 2019.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Emperor and Constitution, Legislation
He received the title of Jōkō (上皇, Emperor Emeritus), an abbreviation of Daijō Tennō (太上天皇), upon abdicating, and his wife, the Empress, became Jōkōgō (上皇后, Empress Emerita).


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Imperial Household Council
On 1 December 2017, the Imperial Household Council, which had not met in 24 years, did so in order to schedule the ceremonies involved in the first such transfer of power in two centuries.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Imperial Household Council
The Imperial Household Council consists of the prime minister, the speaker and vice-speaker of the House of Representatives, the president and vice-president of the House of Councillors, the grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, the chief justice and one justice of the Supreme Court, and two members of the Imperial family. Prince Akishino, the Emperor's younger son, asked to recuse himself as he would become the next Crown Prince. He was replaced by Prince Hitachi, the Emperor's 82-year-old younger brother. The other member of the imperial family was Hitachi's wife, Princess Hanako.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Imperial Household Council
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that the date was chosen to permit the old Emperor to be able to preside over the 30th anniversary Jubilee and to coincide with the Golden Week annual holiday period, turning the changeover from a period of mourning and makeshift ceremonial into a joyous, well-planned festival.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Imperial Household Council
Finally, on 8 December 2017, the government created a special committee to oversee the events. According to Yoshihide Suga: "It will deal with the matter properly, taking into consideration the possible impact on the people's lives."


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Preparations for the imperial transition, 2017–2019
The committee met for the first time in January 2018, and the following month announced that a plan called a "basic policy statement," would be released on 3 April. Official farewell celebrations began with a 30th Jubilee ceremony on 12 February 2019, a delay which would avoid any implication of a celebration of the death of the Emperor Shōwa on 7 January.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Preparations for the imperial transition, 2017–2019, Golden Week, 2019
The government consolidated the Golden Week into a special ten-day holiday block lasting from 27 April to 6 May. Even without the imperial transition, 29 April and 3–6 May were scheduled as national holidays in 2019, following the weekend of 27–28 April. To mark the imperial transition, the government determined that abdication and enthronement would both be national holidays. Japanese law states that a regular work day sandwiched between two national holidays becomes a public holiday.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Preparations for the imperial transition, 2017–2019, Calendars
Since the Meiji Restoration in 1867, a new Japanese Era starts the day after the old emperor dies. However, in Emperor Akihito's case, manufacturers of calendars, forms, and other paper products needed to know the new Era's name in advance to produce wares in a timely manner.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Preparations for the imperial transition, 2017–2019, Calendars
While the Era names for the Shōwa and Heisei eras were kept state secrets until the deaths of the previous emperors, that was not possible in this case, because an abdication is unprecedented since the 1885 Meiji Constitution was adopted. In order to prevent divisive debate on the subject, delaying the announcement as late as is practically possible, either the old Emperor's birthday or his Jubilee celebrations had been suggested.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Preparations for the imperial transition, 2017–2019, Calendars
Until the Era name became known, computers and software manufacturers needed to test their systems before the transition in order to ensure that the new era will be handled correctly by their software. Some systems provided test mechanisms to simulate a new era ahead of time.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Preparations for the imperial transition, 2017–2019, Calendars
The new Era name, Reiwa (令和), was revealed on 1 April 2019 by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga during a televised press conference.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Enthronement Ceremony
The Enthronement Ceremony for Emperor Naruhito took place in Tokyo on 22 October 2019, marking the end of the transition period. It was an extra holiday. It was attended by current and former Japanese politicians and more than 3,000 other official guests, which included more than 120 heads of state and government, as well as high-profile delegates from about 210 countries and 9 organizations (the only country not to be invited to this ceremony was Syria).


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Enthronement Ceremony
The Enthronement Ceremony began at 9 am local time (02:00 UTC) with the private "Kashikodokoro-Omae-no-gi" ritual when the Emperor, dressed in white traditional court wear, visiting "Kashikodokoro," the main sanctuary in the Tokyo Imperial Palace where the Sun Goddess is said to be enshrined.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Enthronement Ceremony
At 1 pm local time (06:00 UTC), the main ceremony begins. In the ceremony, Emperor Naruhito wore the sokutai and Empress Masako wore the jūnihitoe. He then took his place on the 6.5-metre (21-foot) Takamikura throne alongside Masako at the Matsu-no-Ma (Pine Hall), and gave a speech which emphasized his role as the symbol of the State. The speech then followed by a congratulatory speech by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and three cheers of banzai.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Enthronement Ceremony, Officials and dignitaries
The enthronement was attended by nearly 600 foreign delegates. They included 15 kings, 7 queens, 4 princesses, 11 princes, 70 presidents, 6 governors-general, 27 premiers, 2 chancellors, 10 vice presidents, 6 deputy premiers, 9 former leaders, 38 national officials (which featured 18 foreign ministers) and 9 multilateral dignitaries.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Enthronement Ceremony, Officials and dignitaries
The guests were hosted at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, and a state banquet hosted by Emperor Naruhito himself was organized later in the day.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Enthronement Ceremony, Officials and dignitaries
The ceremony was considered to be one of the "largest gathering of world leaders" in the contemporary world's and Japan's history.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Post-enthronement ceremony, Parade
A Parade to celebrate the Naruhito's enthronement as a new emperor took place on 10 November at 3 pm local time (08:00 UTC) as tens of thousands of people gathered in the city centre of Tokyo waving the Japanese flag. Toyota Century convertible, which the couple used was followed by vehicles with Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko as well as Shinzō Abe.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Post-enthronement ceremony, Parade
The procession forming a 400-metre motorcade was started from Tokyo Imperial Palace, passed the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the main gate of the Diet building before arriving at the couple's residence in the Akasaka Imperial Grounds on the 4.6-kilometre-long (3-mile-long) route.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Timeline, 2010
Emperor Akihito informs his advisory council that he would like to retire eventually and asks for their help in arranging this.


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Ceremonies
The following table lists abdication and enthronement ceremonies in chronological order. Private ceremonies are listed as "Private". State acts are listed as "Public".


2019 Japanese imperial transition, Ceremonies
Musashino no Misasagi (武藏野陵), Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo(Emperor Shōwa)Tama no Misasagi (多摩陵), Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo(Emperor Taishō)Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi (伏見桃山陵), Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture(Emperor Meiji)Nochi no tsuki no wa no misasagi (後月輪東山陵), Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture(Emperor Kōmei)


2019 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2019 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 20 October 2019.


2019 Japanese unified local elections
The first stage of the 19th unified local elections (第19回統一地方選挙, dai-jūkyū-kai tōitsu chihō senkyo) in Japan took place on April 7, 2019 with the second following on 21 April 2019.


2019 Java blackout
The 2019 Java blackout was a power outage that occurred across much of Java on August 4, 2019 11:50 (UTC+7) to August 5, 2019 at 22:00 (UTC+7) (depending on area).


2019 Java blackout, Areas affected
Areas affected by power cuts include the Greater Jakarta area including Jakarta, Banten, West Java, parts of Special Region of Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java. In West Java, areas affected by the power cuts included Bandung, Bekasi, Cianjur, Cimahi, Cirebon, Garut, Karawang, Purwakarta, Majalaya, Sumedang, Tasikmalaya, Depok, Gunung Putri, Sukabumi, and Bogor. In Banten, the area affected was Cilegon.


2019 Java blackout, Cause
Perusahaan Listrik Negara (The State Electricity Company) initially cited the reason for power outages as disruptions in gas turbines 1 to 6 at the Suralaya Power Plant and some other disruptions at the Cilegon Power Plant. PLN then corrected the reason by citing a disturbance on the transmission side of Ungaran and Pemalang 500 kV which resulted in energy transfers from east to west failing. PLN expressed its apology regarding this.


2019 Java blackout, Impact
The blackout began at 11:50 local time, when Jakarta MRT authorities began to detect the loss of electrical supply, rendering its trains inoperable and requiring people stuck inside to evacuate. Jakarta LRT and KRL Commuterline also suffered from the blackout making TransJakarta the only mass transit transportation remaining in operation at the time of the blackout. The governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan made TransJakarta and Jakarta MRT services free of charge until the end of the day.


2019 Java blackout, Impact
In the telecommunications sector, the telephone network was also disrupted. Disrupted networks included Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata, 3, and Smartfren. Gojek and Grab had problems due to the lack of internet services.


2019 Java blackout, Impact
Around 21.3 million people were affected by the power outage. The blackout lasted around 9 hours where at 21:00 local time, power to most of the affected areas has been restored. Power to some rural and residential areas in Jakarta had not been restored past midnight. Some areas initially had electricity restored by midnight or later, only to have it cut off again.


2019 Java blackout, Impact
At least eight fires occurred on Sunday night and Monday morning in eight different locations due to the power outage. This probably had happened due to the use of candles as lighting during the power outage.


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide
On 16 March 2019, a flash flood struck Jayapura Regency in the province of Papua, Indonesia due to torrential rain, with a separate landslide occurring in the city of Jayapura several hours later. At least 113 people were killed in the two events.


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide, Events
The flash flooding, which struck the Sentani district of Jayapura Regency, was triggered by torrential rainfall followed by landslide. The event occurred around 21:30 WIT (12:30 UTC) on 16 March, and sudden influx of water was expected to have originated from the Cyclops Mountains, which according to BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho was likely caused by a landslide forming a dam blocking the headwaters of a river, which then burst resulting in the torrential flow. The floodwaters swept away with it significant amounts of material, including uprooted trees and boulders. An increase in the water depth of the local Kemiri River was reported shortly afterwards, resulting in buildings near the river being inundated. Jayapura regent Mathius Awoitauw stated that the flooding was caused by environmental damage in the Cyclops Mountains.


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide, Events
Separately, around 00:15 WIT on 17 March, a landslide occurred in the city of Jayapura. The second event was similarly attributed to the torrential rainfall.


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide, Casualties
By afternoon of 17 March, the Papua regional police had confirmed 70 fatalities, 63 of which were in Jayapura Regency while 7 were in the city of Jayapura. A total of 105 were confirmed to have been injured, with 75 being classified as "lightly injured" and 30 as "heavily injured". Later that day, the death toll was updated to 73, of which 66 were in the Regency, with 60 reported to be missing. The most-affected area is Sentani, where at least 51 people are reported to have been killed. Most of the victims' bodies were brought to the Bhayangkara Hospital in Jayapura for identification and collection by relatives.


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide, Casualties
On evening the following day, 89 people had been confirmed killed: 82 due to the flash flooding and 7 from the landslide. 159 injuries (84 classified as "heavy" and 75 as "light") were also confirmed, with 74 reported missing. By 19 March, the death toll was further updated to 92 dead. On Wednesday, 20 March, the death toll was further increased to 104 killed with 79 missing, and 40 of the unidentified victims were to be buried in a mass grave.


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide, Impact
Over 11,000 people from across the regency were displaced due to the flooding, spread across 28 sites, with 11,725 households impacted across three districts. The flooding affected nine villages and damaged three bridges, submerging more than 150 houses. The administrative villages of Dobonsolo, Doyobaru and Hini Kumbi were the most affected. Papua's police recorded that 350 houses were heavily damaged, with additional damages to drainage systems and other public facilities. The Sentani–Kemiri road was blocked due to the flooding.


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide, Impact
Sentani's Adventis Doyo airstrip was also struck by the flooding, damaging a helicopter and a Twin Otter aircraft parked there at the time of the disaster. Operations of the nearby Sentani Airport remained normal, despite its surrounding areas being impacted by the flooding. According to PLN, the transmission of around 5.2 MW of electricity was disrupted. Total damage of the flooding in Sentani topped at Rp454 billion (US$31.8 million).


2019 Jayapura flood and landslide, Response
The emergency response headquarters, which also acted as a temporary shelter, were established at the Jayapura Regent's office complex. Papua's provincial government declared a 2-week emergency response period following the disaster. Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih deployed the equivalent of 2 engineering platoons and 6 infantry companies to aid with evacuation and disaster management. In total, around 1,900 emergency workers and volunteers were deployed to the area.


2019 Jersey City shooting
On December 10, 2019, a shooting took place at a kosher grocery store located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Five people were killed at the store, including the two assailants. Additionally, the assailants wounded one customer and two police officers. A Jersey City Police Department detective was shot and killed by the assailants at a nearby cemetery just before the grocery store attack. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal stated that evidence indicated the attacks were acts of hate and domestic terrorism fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Shootings
On December 10, 2019, a police detective, who was meeting a confidential informant, came across the assailants at the Bayview Cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey in what was described as a chance encounter. It is believed that he approached the suspects, who were in a stolen U-Haul van that was linked to the murder three days before of 34-year-old Jersey City resident Michael Rumberger in nearby Bayonne, New Jersey. The assailants shot and killed the officer. His body was discovered by a bystander and reported at 12:38 p.m.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Shootings
The suspects then fled in the stolen van and drove about one mile to a kosher grocery store, the JC Kosher Supermarket in the Greenville section of Jersey City, and opened fire upon exiting the vehicle. At approximately 12:21 p.m., while wearing tactical gear, they entered the store and fatally shot the owner, a worker, and a customer. Two other customers were able to escape. In the ensuing shootout, the assailants exchanged gunfire with the police for over an hour until they were shot and killed. A BearCat armored personnel carrier rammed through the storefront, ending the siege.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Shootings
The van was later found to contain a live pipe bomb that had the capacity to kill or injure people up to 500 yards away.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Shootings
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene: the Jersey City Police Department, the Jersey City Fire Department Rescue Task Force, the Hudson County Sheriff's Office, the New Jersey State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, the New York City Police Department and departments from other neighboring municipalities, and sheriffs from three counties.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Victims
The assailants killed 39-year-old Detective Joseph Seals, who had been a police officer since 2006, 33-year-old female store owner Mindy Ferencz, 49-year-old male employee Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, and 24-year-old male rabbinical student customer Moshe Deutsch.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Victims
Two officers, one male and one female, were wounded in the shootout and were released from the hospital the same day. A wounded man escaped out the back door of the store. He was treated at Jersey City Medical Center, and released the same day.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Assailants
On December 11, the shooters, both of whom were killed by police during the siege, were identified as David Nathaniel Anderson (age 47) and his girlfriend Francine Graham (age 50). Both were African-American.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Assailants
Anderson and Graham were suspects in the murder of Uber driver Michael Rumberger in Bayonne the weekend prior to the attack. Rumberger's blood was found on a Bible that belonged to the assailants, and his DNA was on their clothes and one weapon. Anderson and Graham had Googled the meaning of the surname "Rumberger".


2019 Jersey City shooting, Assailants
Anderson and Graham were also suspects in an incident a week before the Jersey City shooting, when on December 3 two shots were fired at a vehicle which was being driven by a person who was clearly identifiable as being Jewish, on U.S. Route 1/9 near Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey. The vehicle's rear window was shot out. Graham's phone was in the area at the time of the shooting, and it was later determined the ballistics matched a gun linked to the two assailants.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Assailants
Anderson had made posts on social media that were anti-police and anti-Semitic. His language was linked to that used by the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, which has no connection to mainstream Judaism, the extremist fringe of which includes numerous hate groups listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Anderson and Graham bought a number of weapons, and trained to use them in Ohio. Before they engaged in the attack, they researched another possible attack on a Jewish community center in Bayonne.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Assailants, Motive
Mayor of Jersey City Steven Fulop, referring to the market, tweeted that the shooters "targeted the location they attacked". He later referred to the attack as a hate crime. Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio called the attack  a "premeditated violent antisemitic hate crime" and an "act of terror". New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal stated that evidence indicated acts of hate and domestic terrorism fuelled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Assailants, Motive
Media reported that a handwritten note, which authorities call "manifesto-style", found inside the van said "I do this because my creator makes me do this and I hate who he hates."


2019 Jersey City shooting, Aftermath
The Jersey City Medical Center, twelve Jersey City Public Schools in the vicinity, as well as that of Sacred Heart Church, located across the street, were on lockdown during the incident. That school was taken over by law-enforcement agencies and used during the incident. Between 50-60 children were held in the yeshiva of Khal Adas Greenville next to the market. Public transportation on NJ Transit buses and the Hudson Bergen Light Rail in the area were suspended. The New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension was temporarily closed.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Aftermath
President Donald Trump was briefed about the incident at the White House. He gave his condolences to the victims and their families via a tweet. Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy expressed his condolences, his thoughts and prayers for police, residents, and school children, and praise for the slain detective in a series of tweets. Cory Booker, junior United States Senator from New Jersey, and Mayor Fulop also expressed their condolences.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Aftermath
Mayor Fulop said a trustee of the Jersey City Board of Education, Joan Terrell-Paige, should resign due to a Facebook message she posted after the shooting, in which she said black residents were "threatened, intimidated and harassed" by "brutes of the jewish community" (sic). She made reference to accusations of rabbis selling body parts. Terrell-Paige, who is African American, further asked whether the public is "brave enough" to listen to the perpetrators' message. Governor Murphy concurred in asking Terrell-Paige to resign; she said she is unrepentant. The Anti- Defamation League asked Terrell-Paige to resign citing her "lack of remorse".


2019 Jersey City shooting, Aftermath
Fulop said that analysis of the assailants' computers showed that they likely intended to do more harm, that the yeshiva was the probable target of the attack, and that they "moved more quickly" with their plans because of their encounter with Detective Seals.


2019 Jersey City shooting, Aftermath
In January 2020 Jared Maples, director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, said it was investigating possible funding sources for the attack, but with many lone wolf attacks they "do not need large amounts of funding to conduct their operations, making it difficult to detect and prevent attacks. The most common tactics in domestic extremist attacks include easily obtainable weapons, such as knives, small arms, and vehicles."


2019 Jersey City shooting, Aftermath
The market was re-opened by its owner at a nearby location in March 2020.


2019 Jersey Flegg Cup
The 2019 Jersey Flegg Cup season is the 49th season of the under-20 competition. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League and mirrors the draw and structure of its senior counterpart the Canterbury Cup. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are the defending premiers.


2019 Jersey Flegg Cup, Teams
The 2019 season features 14 teams, with the nine based in Sydney, one in Newcastle, one in Wollongong, one in Auckland, one in Canberra and one in Victoria. The Victoria Thunderbolts joined the competition in 2019 from the Queensland-based Hastings Deering Colts competition, while the Canberra Raiders and South Sydney Rabbitohs join after using their Canterbury Cup affiliates in 2018.


2019 Jerusalem Volvo Open
The 2019 Jerusalem Volvo Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Jerusalem, between 20 and 26 May 2019.


2019 Jerusalem Volvo Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Jerusalem Volvo Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Jerusalem Volvo Open – Doubles
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar won the title after defeating Evan King and Julian Ocleppo 6–4, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2019 Jerusalem Volvo Open – Singles
Danilo Petrović won the title after defeating Filip Peliwo 7–6(7–3), 6–7(8–10), 6–1 in the final.


2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand, India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-election term of the Assembly was set to end on 27 December 2019.


2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Schedule
The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019.


2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
After the defeat of the incumbent BJP government, incumbent Chief Minister Raghubar Das tendered his resignation from the post. He tendered his resignation to Governor Draupadi Murmu.


2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
In the evening, during the election results, JMM leader and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren addressed the media and thanked the people of Jharkhand for the mandate. He also expressed his gratitude to his alliance partners, Congress & RJD and their president, Sonia Gandhi & Lalu Prasad Yadav respectively.


2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
The next day on 24 December 2019, the meeting of all the 30 JMM MLAs was called, in which Hemant Soren was elected as the leader of the JMM legislature group. Hemant Soren was already the leader and Chief Ministerial candidate of the UPA during the election campaign. On the very same day, Alamgir Alam was elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP).


2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
After the elections, JVM(P) chief and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi extended the support of his party to the Hemant Soren government, thus providing more strength to the government.


2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
On 24 December 2019, Hemant Soren along with the alliance partners, met Governor Draupadi Murmu and staked claim to form the government.


2019 Jiangsu Suning F.C. season
The 2019 Jiangsu Suning F.C. season was Jiangsu Suning's 11th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League since it started in the 2004 season, and its 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. This season Shandong Luneng Taishan participated in the Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup.


2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open
The 2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the event, and part of the International category of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Nanchang, China, from September 9 – 15, 2019.


2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Doubles
Jiang Xinyu and Tang Qianhui were the two-time defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai.


2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Doubles
Wang Xinyu and Zhu Lin won the title, defeating Peng and Zhang in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–5).


2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Singles
Wang Qiang was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Singles
Rebecca Peterson won her first WTA singles title, defeating Elena Rybakina in the final, 6–2, 6–0.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent APC Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar won re-election for a second term, defeating Aminu Ibrahim Ringim of the PDP and several minor party candidates.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 3,123 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ubale Hashim, who received 54 votes. He picked Umaru Namadi as his running mate. Aminu Ibrahim Ringim was the PDP candidate with Hussain Umar Namadi as his running mate. 19 candidates contested in the election.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Jigawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar won the primary election polling 3,123 votes against 1 other candidate. His closest rival was Ubale Hashim, a chieftain of the APC in the state who came second with 54 votes.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Aminu Ibrahim Ringim won the primary election polling 2,028 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival Tijani Ibrahim came second with 394 votes, Namadi Husaini came third with 154 votes, while Ali Saad, the first civilian governor of the state polled 30 votes.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 19 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,109,477, while 1,169,924 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 1,163,206, while number of valid votes was 1,139,054. Rejected votes were 24,152.


2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 1,139,054 represents the 19 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Mohammed Badaru Abubakar. Green represents LGAs won by Aminu Ibrahim Ringim.


2019 Jin'an Open
The 2019 Jin'an Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Lu'an, China between 6 and 12 May 2019.


2019 Jin'an Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Jin'an Open – Doubles
Harriet Dart and Ankita Raina were the defending champions, but Dart chose not to participate. Raina partnered alongside Akiko Omae, but they lost in the first round to Cao Siqi and Xun Fangying.


2019 Jin'an Open – Doubles
Beatrice Gumulya and You Xiaodi won the title, defeating Mai Minokoshi and Erika Sema in the final, 6–1, 7–5.


2019 Jin'an Open – Singles
Zhu Lin was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Han Xinyun.


2019 Jin'an Open – Singles
Han won the title, defeating Duan Yingying in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.


2019 Jinan International Open
The 2019 Jinan International Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third (men) and second (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Jinan, China between 26 August and 8 September 2019.


2019 Jinan International Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Jinan International Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: