THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 19, 2021 at 16:25 JST
Fujio Mitarai, the honorary president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee who chaired the candidate selection committee, explains the process at a news conference on Feb. 18. (Pool)
Officials insisted that “transparency” was achieved in selecting Seiko Hashimoto as the new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee through closed-door meetings attended by people whose names were kept secret. [Read More]
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A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II