July 1, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mariko Kojima and Ms. Sara McDonald
1. The Bank of Japan’s quarterly Tankan survey shows confidence unchanged among major Japanese manufacturers, but worse for non-manufacturers in the April-June period.
2. A former London mayor who led the campaign for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union says he will not enter the leadership race of the ruling Conservative Party.
3. Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US base worker for murder and other changes over the killing of a 20-year-old Japanese woman in Okinawa.
July 2, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. Bangladeshi security forces have stormed a restaurant in the capital, Dhaka, in an effort to free a number of hostages taken by a group of gunmen. Ten people, including two foreigners, have been reportedly rescued.
2. Turkish media report that police have detained 11 more foreigners in connection with the deadly attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport.
3. Frontrunners in the race to replace British Prime Minister David Cameron say exit talks with the European Union will not begin before the end of this year.
July 3, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. The terror attack at a restaurant in Bangladesh is drawing condemnation from the international community.
2. Japan’s top government spokesman says 7 Japanese nationals have been confirmed dead in the hostage taking incident in Dhaka.
3. Investigators in Turkey are looking into possible links between a suspected mastermind of the deadly attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport and past suicide bombings in the country.
July 4, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara and Mr. Mick Corliss
1.Japan’s state minister for foreign affairs says he will do all he can to send the remains of 7 Japanese people killed in last week’s military attack in Bangladesh back to Japan soon.
2. Iraq’s authorities have told NHK that at least 125 people were killed and about 150 were injured in a car bomb attack in central Baghdad.
3. Japanese government officials and their US counterparts are trying to clarify the scope of civilians working for US bases in Japan covered by a lateral agreement on the status of those employees.
July 5, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. A Japanese government plane carrying the bodies of 7 Japanese nationals killed at a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has arrived in Tokyo.
2. A series of explosions believed to be suicide bombings hit 3 cities in Saudi Arabia on Monday killing at least 4 people.
3. Legislators in Britain’s Conservative Party are set to begin voting on Tuesday to choose a successor to party leader and Prime Minister David Cameron.
July 6, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto
1. A Bangladeshi woman who was taken hostage at a restaurant in Dhaka has spoken to NHK about her ordeal.
2. The United Nations says tens of thousands of children risk dying of malnutrition in Nigeria because they have been displaced by the Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram.
3. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says it will not recommend criminal charges in its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
July 7, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi on board has been successfully launched from Kazakhstan for a mission to the International Space Station.
2. The United States will impose sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally for human rights abuses.
3. The Bangladesh government says it will crack down on online posts linked to the Islamic State militant group.
July 8, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradan and Ms. Mariko Kojima
1. Japan’s government is working to draw up a set of comprehensive anti-terrorism measures following the deaths of 7 Japanese nationals in last week’s hostage-taking incident in Dhaka.
2. Lawmakers of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party have picked 2 women to compete in a runoff to select the successor to Prime Minister David Cameron.
3. An explosion has occurred in a commuter train in Taipei, injuring 25 people.
July 9, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. Candidates for Sunday’s Upper House election in Japan are hitting the campaign trail to make their final appeals for support.
2. South Korean military officials say on Saturday a North Korean submarine launched a ballistic missile off the east coast.
3. A government survey shows that business sentiment among workers in Japan has dipped to its lowest level since November 2012.
July 10, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. Voting continues at about 48,000 locations around Japan to choose members of the Upper House.
2. More than 100 people have been killed in clashes between rival factions in South Sudan, raising concerns that the country may again descend into a civil war.
3. NATO leaders have agreed to step up measures to combat the Islamic State militant group.
July 11, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradan and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto
1. Japan’s ruling coalition has won a majority in Sunday’s Upper House election.
2. China’s state-run Xinhua news agency has reported the outcome of Sunday’s parliamentary election in Japan, noting that it paves the way for a constitutional amendment.
3. Clashes between South Sudan’s government’s troops and opposition forces are fueling concerns that the county may slip back into a civil war.
July 12, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. An evacuation order following the 2011 nuclear disaster has been lifted for most parts of a city in Fukushima Prefecture.
2. A museum in Hong Kong commemorating the Tienanmen Square protests of 1989 has been closed.
3. An arbitration tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands is set to release a landmark ruling on China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
July 13, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Mick Corliss and Ms. Helen Lewis
1. China has stressed that it will not accept the arbitration tribunal’s ruling on South China Sea disputes with the Philippines.
2. South Sudan is seeing a lull in fighting after the leaders of rival forces ordered a ceasefire.
3. Two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Italy on Tuesday. Media reports say more than 20 people have died.
July 14, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. NHK has learned that Japanese Emperor Akihito has expressed his intention to abdicate and hand over his position to Crown Prince Naruhito within several years.
2. Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May is taking over the task of steering her country’s exit from the European Union. She has begun appointing members of her Cabinet.
3. The official campaign started on Thursday for an election to choose Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe who stepped down over spending scandal.
July 15, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Sara McDonald and Ms. Mariko Kojima
1. The death toll in a truck attack in the French resort city of Nice has risen to 80. Officials have vowed to do all they can to get to the bottom of what they fear to be a terror attack.
2. Leaders from Asia and Europe have begun a 2-day summit in Mongolia with silent prayers for the victims of the terrorist attack in Nice.
3. A Japanese Self-Defense Force aircraft has evacuated 4 embassy officials from the South Sudan capital, Juba.
July 16, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.)Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his forces have put down an attempted coup by a minority faction in the military.
2. Investigators in France are trying to find out whether the truck driver in the Nice attack had ties to Islamic terrorist groups.
3. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed hope for the peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
July 17, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. The Turkish government is urging the United States to hand over an influential Islamic cleric who it says was behind the failed coup.
2. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says the man suspected of carrying out the deadly truck attack in Nice became radicalized very quickly and had not been known to intelligence services.
3. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has reportedly told the Asia-Europe Meeting that China’s sovereignty will not be affected in any way by a recent ruling that rejected Beiing’s claims on the South China Sea.
July 18, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara and Mr. Mick Corliss
1. Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party says it plans to carefully proceed with debates on amendment to the country’s Constitution.
2. A man believed to be a North Korean defector has been found after drifting into a port in western Yamaguchi Prefecture, which faces the Sea of Japan.
3. The operators of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport were forced to close a runway for more than 9 hours on Monday after a Hawaiian Airlines plane made an emergency landing.
July 19, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired 3 ballistic missiles early on Tuesday morning, toward the Sea of Japan.
2. An inquiry commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency says Russia carried out a state-sponsored doping program at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
3. A Turkish commercial TV Station reported on Monday that former Turkish Air Force commander Akin Ozturk has denied any role in the failed military coup over the weekend.
July 20, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto
1. The Turkish government has escalated its wide-ranging crackdown on public officials who it claims have ties with a movement led by Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.
2. Donald Trump has officially become the US Republican Party’s presidential nominee.
3. North Korea says it has carried out a firing drill of ballistic rockets, simulating preemptive strikes on South Korea.
July 21, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. Turkey’s decision to impose a three-month state of emergency has raised further concern over the government’s crackdown following the failed coup attempt.
2. A campaign staffer for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has admitted to a mistake in writing a speech delivered by Melania Trump, the wife of the nominee.
3. Russia has decided on its team of athletes for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games despite an alleged doping program. It says clean athletes should be allowed to compete.
July 22, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mariko Kojima and Mr. Raja Pradan
1. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president.
2. Japan’s central government has filed a fresh lawsuit on Friday in a dispute with Okinawa’s prefectural administration over the planned relocation of a U.S. base within the southern prefecture.
3. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld the decision that it will ban Russian track and field athletes from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
July 23, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. A shooting attack has left at least 9 people dead and 16 others wounded in Munich, southern Germany. Police suspect an 18-year-old German-Iranian man carried out the attack before killing himself.
2. The main partner in Japan’s coalition government will regain a simple majority in the Upper House for the first time in 27 years.
3. In the U.S. presidential election, the presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has named Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate.
July 24, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations have begun a series of meetings in the Laotian capital Vientiane.
2. The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul.
3. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to do everything possible to protect the public in the face of growing anxieties about terror attacks targeting civilians.
July 25, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Risa Shimizu
1. The International Olympic Committee has decided to allow Russian athletes to compete in next month’s Rio’s Games under strict conditions.
2. Foreign ministers of the ASEAN member countries have held further talks on the South China Sea.
3. Japan’s trade balance in June was in the black for the first time in two months.
July 26, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. A man wielding a knife has got on a rampage at a facility for people with disabilities in Sagamihara City west of Tokyo.
2. Japan, the United States and Australia have urged that disputes in the South China Sea be resolved peacefully.
3. NHK has learned that the Japanese government will provide a fund as early as next month toward a South Korean foundation dedicated to supporting those referred to as wartime comfort women.
July 27, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Helen Lewis and Mr. Mick Corliss
1. Japanese police say the suspect in one of the country’s worst mass killings targeted people with severe disabilities.
2. The U.S. Democratic Party has officially nominated former secretary of state Hillary Clinton as its candidate for the November presidential election.
3. Japan plans to keep working with other countries to persuade China to abide by international law to settle disputes in the South China Sea.
July 28, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. Syria’s government says it has cut all supply routes into eastern Aleppo, a stronghold of anti-government forces.
2. On Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention in the United States, Senator Tim Kaine was formally chosen as the nominee for Vice President.
3. Sources say Chinese authorities have detained a Japanese man.
July 29, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Sara McDonald and Ms. Mariko Kodama
1. NHK has learned that Japan’s Emperor Akihito will address the public as early as next month.
2. Hillary Clinton says she will accept the Democratic Party’s nomination to run in November’s presidential election.
3. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says the country will provide 120 million dollars in financial assistance to bolster counter-terrorism efforts in Africa.
July 30, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. The governor of Hiroshima Prefecture has sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama expressing support for efforts by his government to change its nuclear policy.
2. Health authorities in the U.S. state of Florida have reported Zika cases. The infection may be the first in the country to be transmitted by mosquitos.
3. Myanmar’s government has laid out economic policies that call for building infrastructure and privatizing state-owned companies.
July 31, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. Tokyo residents are casting their ballots on Sunday. They’re heading to polling stations to choose a new governor.
2. A Sri Lankan man plans to file a suit against the Japanese government to seek compensation.
3. South Korean government officials say the salvage of a ferry that sank more than 2 years ago is expected to be completed by the end of September.