THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 5, 2021 at 17:10 JST
Governors of Tokyo and Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures discuss a “state of emergency action” plan at an online meeting on Jan. 4. (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
The governors of Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures on Jan. 4 decided to ask all restaurants to close at 8 p.m. from Jan. 12 to 31, drawing groans from businesses struggling to survive the pandemic. [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.