THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 3, 2020 at 09:30 JST
The "rakugo" comic storyteller Yanagiya Kosanji (Photo by Hiroki Nishida)
An author and poet working in both the Japanese and German languages, a "rakugo" comic storyteller and two scientists who made important discoveries about plants and reproductive cells are the recipients of this year's Asahi Prize. [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
