THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 17, 2019 at 17:25 JST
Kane Tanaka, who is 116 years old, uses a walking frame in Fukuoka’s Higashi Ward on Sept. 11. (Tomoki Miyasaka)
People aged 65 or older totaled an estimated 35.88 million as of Sept. 15, accounting for a record 28.4 percent of the population. [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.
