THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 8, 2021 at 17:55 JST
Wearing a face covering to avoid being identified, a woman from Hong Kong who lives in Japan asks for legislation that will punish human rights violators at a meeting in the Diet in November. (Tatsuya Sato)
Lawmakers are forming a nonpartisan group to enact a Japanese version of the U.S. Magnitsky Act, which would allow Japan to slap sanctions on parties it deems guilty of human rights abuses overseas. [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.