By TAKAHIRO OKUBO/ Staff Writer
February 13, 2021 at 15:55 JST
Tetsushi Sakamoto, the newly appointed state minister to deal with loneliness, responds to Diet questions in January. (Kotaro Ebara)
A rise in suicides stemming in large part from feelings of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to follow the example of Britain and establish a Cabinet portfolio to battle loneliness. [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
