THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 29, 2020 at 18:45 JST
Yamagata Governor Mieko Yoshimura, left, speaks from the prefectural government’s office at an online conference of the National Governors’ Association on April 29. (Shintaro Egawa)
The National Governors’ Association plans to ask the central government to extend the state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak but was undecided on whether to push back the start of the school year. [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.