THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 4, 2021 at 19:12 JST
Yoshinori Akimoto, director-general of the information and communications bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee session on Feb. 4. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is seated at front right. (The Asahi Shimbun)
High-ranking bureaucrats at the telecommunications ministry were secretly wined and dined by employees of a major visual media production company, including Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s son--a possible ethics code violation. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
