THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 8, 2020 at 16:28 JST
A drawing of Takahiro Shiraishi during the Oct. 7 trial session at the Tokyo District Court’s Tachikawa branch (Image drawn by Masayoshi Koyama)
A suspected serial killer on Oct. 7 refused to answer his lawyers’ questions in court and effectively destroyed their defense by saying his first victim never consented to be murdered. [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.