THE ASAHI SHIIMBUN
December 31, 2020 at 19:00 JST
A collection of video clips by Asahi Shimbun photographers offers a quick review of 2020, a tumultuous year dominated by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The footage covers efforts by front-line health care workers to save the lives of COVID-19 patients, night-life districts struggling under authorities’ stay-at-home requests, and the luxury cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined at Yokohama Port.
Also featured are scenes related to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics until 2021, torrential rain that hit the Kyushu region in the summer, and the first change of prime ministers in nearly eight years.
Who gets to live? Doctors face tough call if virus spreads further
December 18, 2020
Uphill battle for Tokyo, Osaka hospitals due to COVID-19 surge
November 28, 2020
Virus resurgence in nightlife areas forces Tokyo to push alert button
June 3, 2020
Fears of virus continue to dim hopes in Tokyo’s red-light districts
June 4, 2020
Wife of man who caught virus on cruise ship calls death needless
August 5, 2020
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A mother holds her 4-day-old newborn in Satte, Saitama Prefecture, in May. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
