By NATSUKI EDOGAWA/ Staff Writer
August 11, 2020 at 18:32 JST
Illustrations are from a postwar textbook titled “Democracy.” In the illustration right, a tree is described as democracy, tended by efforts over 900 years in Britain. The illustration left says enlightened voters are lie detectors. (Collage by Chiaki Fukumiya)
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Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
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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.