THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 23, 2021 at 19:07 JST
Kobe’s popular Chinatown in the Nankinmachi district prepares for the Chinese New Year under the state of emergency on Feb. 8. (Yoshinori Mizuno)
Three governors of the Kansai region on Feb. 23 urged the central government to end the COVID-19 state of emergency for their prefectures earlier than the scheduled deadline of March 7. [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.
