September 23, Saturday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

1. The United States has condemned comments by a North Korean official that the country may test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific.
2. The General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency has unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning North Korea.
3. The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit central Mexico on Tuesday has topped 290. International rescuers continue their search for survivors.

September 22, Friday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mariko Kojima and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his signing of an executive order to enforce additional sanctions that will increase pressure on North Korea.
2. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho says the country’s leader Kim Jong Un’s statement may have suggested conducting a hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean.
3. International rescue teams have joined the search for people trapped under rubble in quake-hit central Mexico.

September 21, Thursday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

1. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on countries to strictly and fully implement the U.N. Security Council resolutions on North Korea.
2. 50 countries and regions have signed a global treaty at U.N. Headquarters to legally ban nuclear weapons.
3. Mexican officials have confirmed 230 deaths in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the central part of the country on Tuesday.