1. US President Donald Trump says he has extended the deadline for imposing a 50-percent tariff on the European Union. He says the date will be moved back by more than a month to give more time to negotiators to work out a deal.
2. Japan’s agriculture ministry says it will start selling government stockpiles of rice directly to retailers, so the grain can reach consumers at lower prices. The plan follows a series of competitive auctions that failed to bring down soaring prices of the staple crop. 3.Police in Okinawa arrested a US Marine Monday on suspicion of drunk driving. One day earlier, a US military member was arrested in a hit-and-run case. Police identified the drunk driving suspect as Marine Corporal Adrian Xavier Sanchez, who resides at Camp Schwab.