THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 30, 2020 at 13:05 JST
Lanterns filled with helium gas are released at an event in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 28, including blue ones meant to express gratitude to health care workers responding to new coronavirus patients. (Ayaka Kibi)
Six new COVID-19 patients who became infected through a wake or funeral were confirmed in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 29, bringing the total who have contracted the novel coronavirus through such services there to 17. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
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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.