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Hello and welcome to today’s news from Japan Daily News on June 1st, 2023. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s sister emphasizes the launch of a military reconnaissance satellite, Okinawa issues evacuation orders due to high tide warnings, a record number of people use e-Tax for tax returns, investigations continue into the motive and planning behind the Nagano quadruple murder, Typhoon 2 approaches Okinawa with the possibility of heavy rain and strong winds in western and eastern Japan, the second ruling in the Sendai court case on forced sterilization under the old Eugenic Protection Law is expected today, and investigations continue into the death of a woman found wrapped in cloth in a building on the 7th floor. In other news, the sale and distribution of invasive species such as the American crayfish and red-eared slider turtles are now prohibited under the Specific Alien Species Regulation. And now for the weather. Today in Tokyo, it will be mostly cloudy with a high of 22 degrees Celsius (71 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 20 degrees Celsius (69 degrees Fahrenheit). There is a chance of light rain showers in the afternoon and evening. And that’s all for today’s news. Thanks for listening to Japan Daily News.