May 30, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. A video of a man randomly attacking a group of schoolchildren waiting for a school bus in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Tuesday was captured on the onboard camera of the bus.
  2. Japanese and Russian foreign and defense ministers are scheduled to meet on Thursday in Tokyo.
  3. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points for the second straight day on global concern over global economic slowdown.