By SOKICHI KURODA/ Staff Writer
November 15, 2020 at 16:17 JST
Sakie Yokota stands near a photo of her daughter, Megumi, in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward in May 2018. The photo, provided by North Korea, is believed to have been taken soon after she was abducted. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
KAWASAKI--Sakie Yokota made an impassioned plea for Japanese government officials to bring her daughter home before the 43rd anniversary of her abduction by North Korean agents was marked. [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.