THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 8, 2020 at 14:57 JST
Hiromi Mitsubayashi, a senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office, prepares to respond to questions from opposition lawmakers in the Oct. 7 Lower House Cabinet Committee session. (Kotaro Ebara)
Government officials for the first time responded to lawmakers’ questions about Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s rejection of six scholars for membership to the Science Council of Japan, but their answers only fueled the confusion. [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.
