- Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided that voting for its leadership election will take place on September 20th.
- The defense ministers of Japan and India have agreed to work toward concluding an agreement that enables the exchange of logistics between their countries’ forces.
- A senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross has urged Japan to join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.
August 21, Tuesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai