September 21, Monday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline read by Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

  1. Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance.
  2. About 200 people have gathered in New York to honor late U.S. Supreme court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  3. Japan’s internal affairs ministry says the number of elderly people in the nation has set a new record high. The ratio of elderly to the total population is also the highest in the world.