THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 24, 2020 at 07:00 JST
Masateru Shiraishi, an assemblyman of Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, said legal protections of homosexuals could spell the end for the ward. (Captured from an online live broadcast of an Adachi ward assembly meeting)
Shigeta Okochi was the target of the same outrage now directed at Liberal Democratic Party politician Masateru Shiraishi over slurs against the gay community. [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.
