THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 31, 2020 at 15:20 JST
Akira Kiyota, center, CEO of the Japan Exchange Group, addresses the last trading session of the year in Tokyo on Dec. 30. Participants kept a social distance as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. (Takayuki Kakuno)
After a pandemic-related roller-coaster ride, the Nikkei 225 index closed at 27,444.17 on Dec. 30, the highest price for the last trading day of the year since 1989. [Read More]
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A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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 about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
