May 28, Monday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mariko Kojima and Ms. Risa Shimizu

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump says a U.S. team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and himself.
  2. The U.S. military has conducted “freedom of navigation” operations near a group of islands in the South China Sea effectively controlled by China.
  3. People have marched through the streets in Hong Kong to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square crackdown in Beijing.