THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 24, 2021 at 19:45 JST
Former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai enters the Tokyo District Court on March 23 to stand trial on vote-buying charges in the July 2019 Upper House election. (Pool)
Former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai’s guilty plea to vote-buying charges and resignation from the Diet appeared abrupt, but his move came at the “right timing” for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. [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.
