August 8, Tuesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Risa Shimizu

1. North Korea’s nuclear and missile development has dominated the agenda at a major security forum in the Asia-Pacific region.
2. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says he was “disappointed” by remarks made by Japan’s new Foreign Minister Taro Kono during a series of regional meetings in the Philippines.
3. The U.S. Navy has given its most severe rating to a crash of an Osprey transport aircraft off Australia on Saturday.