Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
November 20, 2020 at 14:15 JST
Sakata Tojuro IV in July 2017 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
It was in Kyoto in 1953 that Donald Keene (1922-2019), an American-born scholar of Japanese literature, first saw a Kabuki performance by Nakamura Senjaku II, who would later take the name of Sakata Tojuro IV. [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.