Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
May 11, 2020 at 12:58 JST
Tomoe Yamamoto, left, meets with her mother, Hiroko Tsuruta, through a glass window at a nursing care facility in Tokyo on May 10, Mother's Day. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Poet and writer Kanoko Okamoto (1889-1939) composed a tanka poem that expressed her longing for her son, Taro, who was pursuing art in Paris. [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.