Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
February 12, 2020 at 13:05 JST
Katsuya Nomura in a Nankai Hawks uniform in 2018, with his one-time rivals from the Yomiuri Giants, from left, Shigeo Nagashima, Isao Harimoto and Sadaharu Oh (Pool)
In 1954, when Katsuya Nomura signed with the Nankai Hawks (present-day Softbank Hawks), the baseball club's manager said, “I took him in, thinking he’d at least come in useful as a ‘kabe’ (wall).” [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.
