1. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei Stock Average nosedived on Friday with its biggest one-day drop since the “Black Monday” crash in 1987. Investors worried whether a gloomier US economic outlook would impact the Japanese economy.
2. A plane carrying three Americans released by Russia in a complex prisoner exchange landed at an Air Force base outside the capital Washington late Thursday. The three freed Americans include Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan. They were welcomed by US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as their families.
3. Japan’s high school baseball governing body will start full-fledged discussions on shortening its games from nine innings to seven as a way to protect players from the intense summer heat. The working group will discuss the pros and cons of introducing the seven-inning system for the spring and summer national championships, as well as for regional tournaments.
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