By SHUNSUKE ABE/ Staff Writer
October 2, 2019 at 13:35 JST
A courtroom sketch shows Yudai Funato, who appeared at his first trial hearing in a high-profile child abuse case at the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 1. (The Asahi Shimbun)
The stepfather of a 5-year-old girl subjected to months of physical abuse and neglect admitted he caused her death during the first hearing in the case before lay judges at the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 1. [Read More]
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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.