- Japan’s government will send Self-Defense Force personnel on a multinational peacekeeping mission for the first time under security legislation enacted in 2015.
- NHK has found that as many as 8,400 foreign children living in Japan may not be attending school.
- British Parliament has again failed to agree on alternatives to the prime minister’s Brexit plan as the country’s European Union departure date draws closer.
April 2, Tuesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai