THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 28, 2019 at 14:50 JST
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga receives a question from a reporter at a Nov. 27 news conference. (Takeshi Iwashita)
Opposition lawmakers are pressing the government to explain how “anti-social elements,” a vague term used for gangsters and other dodgy groups, attended a publicly funded cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. [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.