THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 17, 2020 at 17:30 JST
Tokyo's Shinjuku district, where the metropolitan government building is located, which is battling to control COVID-19 cases in the capital. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo confirmed 161 new novel coronavirus infections on Aug. 17, the first day the number fell below 200 since Aug. 11, officials said. [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