THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 16, 2019 at 07:00 JST
Koichi Inoue assembles “kazari-gawara” ornamental tiles into a dragon head on the roof of Shuri-jo castle. (Photo taken in Naha around 1990, provided by Inoue)
An IT specialist working to create a 3-D model of Naha's Shuri-jo castle before it was ravaged by fire in October is calling on people from around the world to submit 1 million photos and images of the site to help with efforts to reconstruct the main structures. [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.
