July 12, Friday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Sara Macdonald

  1. Japan and South Korea are discussing in Tokyo Japan’s tightened curbs on exports of some materials to South Korea.
  2. Authorities in the British territory of Gibraltar say they have arrested the captain and chief officer of an Iranian supertanker they seized last week.
  3. The nominee for the U.S. military’s top post says China will be the main challenge to U.S. national security over the next 50 to 100 years.

July 11, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. Japan’s space agency has announced its space probe Hayabusa 2 has successfully made its second landing on the asteroid Ryugu.
  2. A senior U.S. general has unveiled a plan to have U.S. allies escort commercial vessels with their national flags to secure the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
  3. Data from Seoul point to over 150 cases of illegal exports of strategic items by South Korea that can be used to produce weapons.