Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
March 24, 2021 at 13:45 JST
The tuna fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru returns to its home port in Shizuoka Prefecture after being exposed to radioactive fallout from the U.S. hydrogen bomb test in 1954. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands made poet Baku Yamanokuchi (1903-1963) choose tuna as a medium to vent his fury against nuclear weapons. [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.
