By RYO TOYOKA/ Staff Writer
February 20, 2020 at 17:00 JST
Hiroko Otsubo, center, a deputy director-general of the health ministry, during a Lower House Budget Committee session on Feb. 7 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cautioned a close aide to be more circumspect following revelations the man booked connecting hotel rooms with a senior female bureaucrat during overseas business trips. [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.
