June 2, Saturday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Risa Shimizu

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12th in Singapore as initially planned.
  2. High-ranking officials from North and South Korea have agreed that the 2 countries will hold military talks as a step to ease tensions.
  3. The European Union says it plans to slap tariffs on 2.8 billion euros’ worth of American products in retaliation for U.S. levies on metal imports.

June 1, Friday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Sara Macdonald

  1. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have ended 2 days of talks in New York.
  2. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to impose heavy tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union , Canada, and Mexico, starting on Friday.
  3. The United Nations says it has reached an agreement with Myanmar’s government to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to return and rebuild their lives.

May 31, Thursday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling workers’ Party, Kim Yong Chol, have ended their first day of talks in New York.
  2. A North Korean official preparing for the historic summit between the United States and his country has visited the hotel in Singapore where his U.S. counterpart is staying.
  3. Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera says it is a positive move by the U.S. military to have renamed the Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.