THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 18, 2020 at 18:05 JST
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters after meeting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister’s office on May 18. (Takeshi Iwashita)
Heated opposition from retired prosecutors has forced Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay a plan to revise the Public Prosecutors Office Law and extend the mandatory retirement age of prosecutors from 63 to 65. [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.
