By YASUJI NAGAI/ Senior Staff Writer
August 14, 2020 at 18:46 JST
The lead article of the inaugural issue of the Defense Newspaper contains a message from an Imperial Japanese Army lieutenant general asking for the cooperation of the people of Kyushu. (Yasuji Nagai)
Wartime residents of Kyushu in southern Japan got tips on how to kill U.S. paratroopers with bamboo spears courtesy of a publication that left no doubt about the dire situation the nation faced as World War II was coming to an end. [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.