THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 19, 2020 at 16:40 JST
Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga holds a news conference on Nov. 18 after the Supreme Court ruling on vote disparity in the 2019 Upper House election was announced. (Nobuo Fujiwara)
The Supreme Court ruled on Nov. 18 that the 2019 Upper House election was constitutional and rejected calls for a do-over, despite the large vote disparity between urban and rural districts. [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.