THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 20, 2019 at 17:15 JST
Pope Francis waves as he boards an airplane at the Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport on Nov. 19. (AP Photo)
Lawyers and supporters of an “innocent Catholic” who spent nearly half a century behind bars after being sentenced to death are trying to arrange a meeting with Pope Francis when he visits Japan. [Read More]
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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.