THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 21, 2021 at 19:16 JST
An alley with small restaurants and bars in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Jan. 8, the first day of the second state of emergency for the capital (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Twenty metropolitan government employees fanned out in search of open bars and restaurants in Tokyo’s major nightlife districts on the nights of Jan. 18 and 19. [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.