THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 27, 2020 at 17:58 JST
A blast furnace operated by Nippon Steel Corp. in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, outside Tokyo (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s stated goal of achieving a carbon-free society by 2050 may have come across as a bold policy initiative, but he was only placing Japan in line with targets announced long ago by 120 or so other nations. [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.