By MAKI OKUBO/ Senior Staff Writer
January 9, 2021 at 08:00 JST
Toshio Hasegawa, a professor of psychiatry at Kyorin University, is held with special belts on a bed for research purposes. (From Toshio Hasegawa’s book “Seishinka Iryo no Kakuri/ Shintai Kosoku” published by Nippon Hyoron Sha Co.)
Patients undergoing treatment at psychiatric hospitals in Japan are physically restrained way more often than in other countries, an international survey reveals, a situation one of its lead authors slammed as "abnormal." [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.
