March 16, Saturday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. One of the suspects in the New Zealand mosque shooting appeared in court on Saturday.
  2. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on North Korea to continue negotiations on denuclearization after North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui warned that the country is considering suspending talks.
  3. U.S. President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency to block a measure passed in Congress that would end his emergency declaration for a wall along the border with Mexico.

March 15, Friday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. The U.K. parliament has conditionally approved a motion to delay the country’s exit from the European Union until June 30.
  2. The Bank of Japan has decided to maintain its massive easing policy as it continues to pursue its elusive 2-percent inflation target.
  3. The United States Special Representative for North Korea has called for United Nations Security Council sanctions against the North to be maintained.

March 14, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. Britain’s Parliament has voted against leaving the European Union without a deal in place.
  2. Japan’s government has lodged a protest through diplomatic channels against Russia’s military drills on the two Russia-controlled islands Japan claims.
  3. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States is grounding Boeing 737 Max aircraft. A number of global airlines had already taken the same measure following a crash in Ethiopia.

March 13, Wednesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. Britain’s Parliament has rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s revised deal for the terms on how the country will leave the European Union.
  2. The European Aviation Safety Agency says it is suspending all flight operations of all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 models in Europe as of 1900 UTC Tuesday.
  3. A study has found that forests contain most of the radioactive cesium released during the 2011 nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi plant.