THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 12, 2020 at 18:53 JST
Health minister Katsunozu Kato on Aug. 12 announces the central government’s decision to appeal the Hiroshima District Court ruling on “black rain” victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Kyosuke Yamamoto)
The state is appealing a lower court ruling that would extend health care benefits to 84 plaintiffs who lived outside of a government-designated zone where radioactive “black rain” fell after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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 about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
