THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 19, 2021 at 15:54 JST
Toshihiro Nikai, right, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s secretary-general, and Motoo Hayashi, the party’s deputy secretary-general, at a news conference on April 26 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party engaged in finger-pointing and denials over an unanswered question in a vote-buying scandal that forced a political couple to leave both the party and the Diet. [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.
