THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 7, 2020 at 14:20 JST
Mikio Shimoji, a Lower House member from Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party), holds a news conference in Naha on Jan. 6 and admits to receiving money from an adviser to a Chinese company. (Motoki Nagasawa)
Lawmaker Mikio Shimoji on Jan. 6 admitted to receiving money from an individual connected with a Chinese company, the first such acknowledgment in a growing casino-related bribery scandal. [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.