THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 7, 2020 at 14:23 JST
A protester in front of the prime minister's office on Oct. 6 holds up a sign saying dictatorial rule over academia will never be permitted. (Reina Kitamura)
Academics, movie directors and ordinary citizens hit the streets and issued statements on Oct. 6 to protest Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s still-unexplained decision not to appoint six scholars to the Science Council of Japan. [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.