THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 7, 2020 at 16:25 JST
Alfons Deeken, a professor emeritus at Sophia University who spread the concept of death education in Japan, in February 1989 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Alfons Deeken, a German philosophy professor, author and Catholic priest who spread the concept of death education across Japan and taught how to deal with grief and loss, died of pneumonia on Sept. 6. [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.
