By KAZUKI KIMURA/ Staff Writer
December 20, 2019 at 16:15 JST
Smartphone users download an app to allow them to make cashless payments at retail outlets. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The government on Dec. 20 approved a budget proposal for fiscal 2020 worth 102.658 trillion yen ($939 billion), another record high fueled by surges in spending on social welfare and defense. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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 about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
