September 15, Saturday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. Powerful Typhoon Mangkhut has made landfall in the northern Philippines early Saturday local time.
  2. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized Russia for attempting to undermine U.S. Security Council sanctions resolutions against North Korea.
  3. U.S. media are reporting that President Donald Trump has instructed aides to go ahead with imposing additional tariffs on about 200 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese imports.

September 14, Friday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. The operator of typhoon-hit Kansai International Airport in western Japan has reopened part of its main passenger facility.
  2. The United States has imposed sanctions against 2 IT companies in China and Russia in a bid to stop the flow of illicit revenue to North Korea.
  3. Turkey’s central bank has steeply raised its key interest rate in an attempt to stem the currency crisis.

September 13, Thursday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. The Russian government has expressed readiness to open talks with Japan on President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to sign a peace treaty by the end of the year without any preconditions.
  2. Nearly 1,600 people remain displaced in Japan’s northern prefecture of Hokkaido a week after the region was hit by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.
  3. Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka has spoken to reporters after returning to Japan after her U.S. Open championship.