THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 2, 2021 at 19:23 JST
Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka’s Naniwa Ward is lit up in yellow after the Osaka prefectural government lowered its alert against the COVID-19 pandemic on March 1. (Satoru Ogawa)
People are flocking back to entertainment districts outside Osaka now that the state of emergency is lifted and requests for bars and restaurants to close early have been withdrawn in some areas. [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.
