１. Water gushing from a broken pipe has inundated a national highway in Kyoto City, western Japan. City officials suspect aging infrastructure is to blame. A passerby reported the incident at around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The Takakura intersection in the city’s Shimogyo Ward was said to be under water.
2. Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea met with a senior US State Department official to seek American support for the swift return of the abductees. The relatives and their supporters met Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau in Washington on Tuesday and held talks for about 30 minutes. The relatives are Yokota Takuya, who heads a group of abductees’ families, and Iizuka Koichiro.
3. A meeting of the BRICS emerging economies has ended with a presidential statement expressing serious concerns over “indiscriminate” tariffs, without naming the US administration of President Donald Trump. The foreign ministers of BRICS members, including China and Russia, wrapped up their meeting on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A total of 20 nations took part, including the group’s partner countries.
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