September 12, Wednesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Michael Reese and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. Electricity supply in quake-hit Hokkaido, northern Japan, will likely improve soon as a hydroelectric power plant is scheduled to go online later this week.
  2. Japan’s prime minister and China’s president say they’ll work to improve relations. As part of that, Shinzo Abe told reporters he’ll push ahead with plans to visit China next month.
  3. On Tuesday, the United States marked 17 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Bereaved families and many others remembered the victims in New York City.

September 11, Tuesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. In Hokkaido, the death toll from last week’s earthquake has risen to 41 after police found the body of a 56-year-old man who’s been trapped under the books at his home.
  2. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin has concluded their meeting in Russia’s Far East.
  3. U.S. President Donald Trump has received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un requesting a second meeting following their historic Singapore summit in June.

September 10, Monday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mariko Kojima and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. Police and local government officials in Hokkaido say the death toll from last week’s powerful earthquake and mudslides has risen to 40.
  2. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he sees the absence of ICBMs in North Korea’s military parade on Sunday as a positive statement from the North.
  3. An international human rights group says the violations in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are of a scope and scale not seen in the country since the Cultural Revolution.