By NORIYOSHI OHTSUKI/ Senior Staff Writer
December 18, 2020 at 19:05 JST
Construction work for interim storage facilities progresses in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, upper center, in February 2019. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The government will pay up to 2 million yen ($19,300) to families that move to areas around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, an unprecedented offer for recovery from the 2011 disaster. [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.
