February 18, Saturday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Risa Shimizu

1. The foreign ministers of Japan and China have agreed to work toward the implementation of U.N. sanctions on North Korea in line with the Security Council resolutions.
2. Malaysian police say they have detained a man with a North Korean passport in connection with the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.