THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 22, 2021 at 19:30 JST
Yoshinori Akimoto, the telecommunications ministry’s director-general of the information and communications bureau, answers questions at the Lower House Budget Committee on Feb. 22. (Kotaro Ebara)
A lobbying scandal in which Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's eldest son allegedly tried to influence the telecommunications ministry by wining and dining officials has expanded to include another ranking bureaucrat. [Read More]
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
