THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 12, 2021 at 16:16 JST
Rescue workers rush to the scene of a stabbing on a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train in June 2018. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The transport ministry is pushing plans to give railway personnel the authority to inspect the belongings of bullet train passengers, a move intended to prevent possible terrorist acts during the Tokyo Olympics. [Read More]
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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.
