March 28, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. The Japanese government plans to have its top spokesperson announce the name for the era of the nation’s new Emperor next Monday.
  2. Britain’s Parliament has voted on eight options regarding the country’s departure from the European Union, but none of them won majority backing.
  3. The officer in command of U.S. forces in South Korea says the military threat posed by North Korea remains unchanged.