THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 5, 2021 at 18:09 JST
Yoshiro Mori leaves the Feb. 4 news conference after reporters pepper him with questions about whether he would resign as president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Pool)
Criticism over the sexist remarks uttered by Tokyo Olympic organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori spread in the Cabinet and overseas after his apology fell flat and he rejected calls to resign. [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.
