Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
July 16, 2020 at 13:43 JST
Masako Akagi reads out lines from "ethics checklist cards" for civil servants, which her husband, Toshio, kept in his notebook, at a news conference after the first court hearing in Osaka on July 15. (The Asahi Shimbun)
"I was ordered to do something that could blow the Cabinet apart," Toshio Akagi confided to his wife. "And it's always us flunkies who end up taking the heat." [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
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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.
