Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
August 15, 2020 at 12:12 JST
Texts of "rakugo" comic tales banned during World War II were buried under this stone monument in Tokyo's Taito Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The sassy wit and folksy humor that characterize the traditional Japanese storytelling art of "rakugo" were nowhere to be found in any of the numbers that were performed in vaudeville houses toward the end of World War II. [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.
