October 4, Friday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Mr. Marcus Pittman

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump says his country will hold talks with North Korea despite its launch of a new ballistic missile from a submarine.
  2. Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has updated her Twitter profile in an apparent bid to protest criticism made by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  3. Major Japanese non-life insurance firm Tokio Marine Holdings says it will buy U.S.-based Pure Group for 3.1 billion dollars.

October 3, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto

  1. North Korea’s state-run media reports that the country has succeeded in test-firing a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
  2. South Korean prosecutors are questioning the wife of Justice Minister Cho Kuk for the first time over shady investments and other allegations involving the family.
  3. Heightened concerns over the U.S. economic outlook have triggered a selloff on Wall Street.

October 2, Wednesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Michael Rhys and Ms. Eriko Kojima

  1. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says Pyongyang appears to have fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM.
  2. NHK has learned that the chiefs of the U.S. and South Korean militaries and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces have held tripartite talks.
  3. Hong Kong’s police chief says officers fired a total of six live rounds at four locations as they clashed with protesters on Tuesday.