THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 27, 2020 at 19:00 JST
A street is relatively empty in Nagoya’s normally bustling Kinsan entertainment district on Nov. 26. Local restaurants will be asked to suspend or shorten their operations from Nov. 29 to contain the novel coronavirus. (Takuya Kado)
Three governors around Japan followed Tokyo’s example and are asking alcohol-serving businesses to suspend or shorten operations to prevent local health care systems from collapsing under the weight of surging novel coronavirus infections. [Read More]
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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.