Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
May 23, 2020 at 12:56 JST
Ritsuko Inami, a scholar of Chinese literature who died last week at age 76, used the Japanese expression "mimidoshima" to characterize her prepubescent self. The word may translate as something like "precociously knowledgeable about sex and other adult stuff, though only superficially." [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.
