THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 14, 2020 at 18:45 JST
Tsukasa Akimoto serves as chair of the Cabinet committee at the Lower House when legislation to lift the ban on casinos was debated in December 2016. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo prosecutors on Jan. 14 rearrested Lower House member Tsukasa Akimoto on suspicion of taking bribes from a Chinese company that planned to operate a casino in Japan. [Read More]
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.
