February 26, Tuesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam.
  2. Two U.S. Navy vessels have passed through the Taiwan Strait in an apparent show of force as the United States and China continue negotiations on trade issues.
  3. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has rattled the southern Chinese province of Sichuan, leaving at least two people dead.