THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 11, 2020 at 17:50 JST
Seiko Hashimoto, the state minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, samples food from Fukushima Prefecture at an event held at a Tokyo hotel in January. (Provided by the Fukushima prefectural government)
Prefectural authorities in Fukushima have had nine years to figure out whether local produce is free of radiation and safe to eat, and the answer is a resounding yes. [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.