THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 27, 2021 at 07:00 JST
An elderly passenger is seated on the new bench by the bus stop on April 7 in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, after the chair with a warning and slip was taken away. (Eishi Kado)
A pleading note posted on a chair at a bus stop in central Tokyo drew words of sympathy on social media but also criticism about legal violations. [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.