OSAKA — About 200 schoolchildren from an Osaka elementary school where eight pupils were stabbed to death June 8 were reunited with their classmates Tuesday for the first time in 18 days.
The 200, who account for 90 percent of the school's first- and second-grade pupils, made origami and played ball games at a nearby gym for about two hours as part of a rehabilitation program aimed at resuming classes in late August.
The games took place at Satsukiyama Gym in Ikeda, about 1 km from Osaka Kyoiku University Ikeda Elementary School, where the 10-minute stabbing spree took place. The windows were blocked off by curtains.