US media outlets are speculating that President Donald Trump has pushed back his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump took to social media on Sunday, proclaiming “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!” But he did not elaborate. He wrote at the time that US forces would not strike Iranian energy facilities before it expires.
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, are visiting Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan for two days. This year marks 15 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Police in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, have failed to obtain new clues in their search for an elementary school boy who has been missing for two weeks. Police have mobilized a total of 600 officers in the case to find 11-year-old Adachi Yuki, of Nantan City in the prefecture.