By AKEMI KANDA/ Staff Writer
December 12, 2019 at 18:00 JST
A dugong is seen about 5 kilometers northeast off the coast of Henoko point in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in July 2010. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Dugongs living around Japan’s southwestern islands are on the brink of extinction, according to an international group’s report that has fueled criticism over the construction of a U.S. military base in the region. [Read More]
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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.
