September 22, Saturday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. The General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency has unanimously adopted a resolution urging North Korea to take substantial actions toward denuclearization.
  2. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the importance of multilateralism as he paid tribute to the late former U.N. chief, Kofi Annan.
  3. W.H.O. says excessive consumption of alcohol kills about 3-million people every year globally, mainly due to traffic accidents and violence.