THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 31, 2019 at 17:40 JST
Stamp sheets such as these in the past were used in many cases to pay for bulk mail. (Yuta Hanano)
Two post office executives in Tokyo were involved in a scheme of stealing a large volume of uncanceled sheets of stamps used for bulk mail and selling them to discount ticket shops and pocketing 540 million yen ($5 million) in cash. [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.