THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 26, 2021 at 18:55 JST
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a meeting of the government task force on novel coronavirus countermeasures on Feb. 26. (Kotaro Ebara)
The government confirmed it will lift the COVID-19 state of emergency early for six prefectures, but the four Tokyo-area prefectures will have to wait until the March 7 deadline. [Read More]
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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.
