By KAZUKI KIMURA/ Staff Writer
December 20, 2019 at 16:15 JST
Heavy rain from Typhoon No. 19 causes flooding in October near Mito along the Nakagawa river. (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]
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.
