THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 9, 2021 at 19:35 JST
Voters cheer for a candidate giving a speech in Higashi-Hiroshima city on April 8 for the Upper House re-election in Hiroshima Prefecture. (Jun Ueda)
Campaigning has started for the first Diet elections of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s tenure, and early signs show uphill struggles for his 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.