June 7, Thursday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump prior to the U.S.-North Korea summit.
  2. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have reaffirmed that the 2 countries will demand North Korea’s denuclearization in a complete, verifiable and irreversible way.
  3. The forensic medicine agency in Guatemala says the death toll from Sunday’s massive eruption of the Fuego volcano has reached 99.

June 6, Wednesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to make the upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a success.
  2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to visit the United States to reaffirm close cooperation ahead of President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim.
  3. Iran says it has begun preparations to boost its uranium enrichment capacity.

June 5, Tuesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set for 9 AM, Singapore time, on June 12th.
  2. North Korea’s state-run news agency has lashed out at what it calls Japan’s insistence on maintaining pressure on the country.
  3. All 21 Japanese detained last month for alleged religious activities in China have been released and returned to Japan.

June 4, Monday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara

  1. The vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, Kim Yong Chol, is expected to return to Pyongyang, following his visit to the United States as early as Monday.
  2. Chinese authorities are taking steps to suppress criticism on the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on Monday.
  3. Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai and 2 other crewmembers have returned to Earth after completing their mission at the International Space Station.

June 3, Sunday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have driven a wedge between Washington and the other members of the Group of 7.
  2. A Chinese military official has reacted sharply to U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s statement that Beijing is militarizing the South China Sea.
  3. A new regional government has been formed in Spain’s Catalonia region.

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.