THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 9, 2020 at 14:06 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks on behalf of Anri Kawai during the Upper House election campaign in July 2019. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Prosecutors face the difficult task of proving in court that a former justice minister’s cash handouts that started four months before the 2019 Upper House election were intended to buy votes for his wife. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
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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.