Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
February 5, 2021 at 13:00 JST
A “hashika-e” from 1862 depicts the god of measles being carried off on bamboo poles. (Provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Library)
At the height of a measles pandemic in 1862, a genre of ukiyo-e woodblock prints known as “hashika-e” (literally, measles pictures) disseminated a mountain of gossip and hearsay. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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 about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
