THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 17, 2021 at 16:26 JST
Taro Kono, state minister in charge of administrative reform, at a news conference on March 16 (Junya Sakamoto)
Two Cabinet ministers are the latest converts to the popular Japanese trend of decluttering, taking aim at the jumble of ID badges weighing down the necks of ministry officials. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
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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.