THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 4, 2020 at 18:25 JST
Kunio Inoue, the boss of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's second largest organized gang (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The gang war that erupted five years ago when a group of members bolted from the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate over its practice of demanding a large cut of their earnings has deepened. [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.
