THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 3, 2020 at 18:39 JST
A plastic container from Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, that washed ashore on Ishigakijima, Okinawa Prefecture (Provided by Yasuhiro Nomura)
Plastic containers washed out to sea after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster are starting to wash up on the shores of Okinawa Prefecture, leaving residents puzzled at the time it took for the items to travel just 2,000 kilometers. [Read More]
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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.