THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 1, 2021 at 17:59 JST
A quarantine officer receives saliva samples from an entrant to Japan to conduct an antigen test for the novel coronavirus at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture on May 23. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
The government is preparing to strengthen border controls on entrants to Japan arriving from Vietnam starting on June 4 at the earliest amid reports of a new hybrid strain of the novel coronavirus detected there. [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.
