Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
October 21, 2020 at 13:23 JST
"Kao" stylized signatures are written with a brush by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other ministers on a document approved at a Cabinet meeting in January 2014. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
"Kao" is a kind of personalized hieroglyphic signature on official documents in Japan in lieu of a handwritten full-name signature. [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.
