June 15, Thursday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto

1. Japan’s Diet has enacted a bill criminalizing the act of planning serious crimes such as terror attacks.
2. Residents who escaped a fire in a London high-rise residential building have said no alarm sounded as flames spread throughout the tower.
3. The U.S. Federal Reserve has decided to raise the key interest rate by a quarter point.