January 7, Saturday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. A man has indiscriminately opened fire at an airport in the southern U.S. state of Florida. Five people were killed and 8 others wounded.
  2. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France have agreed to start talks to conclude a treaty on sharing goods and services between the countries’ forces.
  3. U.S. intelligence officials have announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered meddling in last year’s U.S. presidential election.