- The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea have agreed that their nations need to maintain maximum pressure on North Korea in order to denuclearize the country.
- Russians are voting in a presidential election that is expected to give President Vladimir Putin a fourth term in office.
- Former U.S. President Barack Obama will next week visit Japan for the first time since he left office.
March 18, Sunday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa