- The Japanese defense minister plans to visit potential sites for the deployment of a new ground-based ballistic missile defense system.
- Government forces in southern Yemen says they have almost recaptured an airport in the city of Hodeidah, the rebel forces’ most important stronghold.
- Japan’s national soccer team has conducted a closed training session ahead of its first match of the World Cup in Russia against Colombia.
June 17, Sunday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa