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]
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
