By SHINGO TSURU/ Staff Writer
January 2, 2021 at 10:00 JST
Chukaku-ha members and other activists gather in Kyoto in December 1990 to oppose a planned visit to the Kansai region by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko after accession ceremonies. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Takeo Shimizu, leader of a hardcore radical group responsible for violent acts that claimed more than 100 lives, recently emerged in public after half a century of lying low. [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.
