By YOSHICHIKA YAMANAKA/ Staff Writer
October 14, 2020 at 19:26 JST
Ceramics that are partially made of cremated ashes. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Many Japanese are abandoning the tradition of visiting and maintaining the graves of their ancestors, an often costly and time-consuming endeavor, and setting up small shrines to them at home instead. [Read More]
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Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
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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.
