THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 20, 2021 at 14:55 JST
Kyoko Kimura, mother of a professional wrestler and reality TV star who took her own life in May 2020, at a news conference on May 19 (Shunsuke Abe)
The Tokyo District Court on May 19 ordered a man to pay 1.29 million yen ($11,800) for defaming reality TV star Hana Kimura on Twitter following her suicide. [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.
