- Japan’s foreign minister plans to meet his South Korean counterpart to push Seoul to agree to set up an arbitration panel over the wartime labor issue.
- Iran’s nuclear officials say they have quadrupled the country’s capacity to produce low-enriched uranium, amid escalating tensions with the United States.
- The United States has announced that an economic conference aimed at helping Palestinians will be held in Bahrain next month.
May 21, Tuesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Fumiko Konoe