- Japan’s space agency has announced its space probe Hayabusa 2 has successfully made its second landing on the asteroid Ryugu.
- A senior U.S. general has unveiled a plan to have U.S. allies escort commercial vessels with their national flags to secure the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Data from Seoul point to over 150 cases of illegal exports of strategic items by South Korea that can be used to produce weapons.
July 11, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai