By AYATERU HOSOZAWA/ Staff Writer
December 17, 2019 at 17:45 JST
The logo of the train on the side of the fifth car. “Saphir” is the French word for sapphire. (Ayateru Hosozawa)
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has created a “gem” of a new luxury train that will connect central Tokyo and the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture starting in March. [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.
