May 29, 2020 at 18:15 JST
Fumiaki Ichiyama exchanges a final farewell May 19 with a regular customer before closing for good. (Kae Kawashima)
The weeks-long state of emergency extracted a heavy toll on numerous small restaurants and bars, sending them into a free fall. Now that restrictions are lifted, many owners of small enterprises decided to shut their doors for good. [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.
