THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 1, 2021 at 17:59 JST
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato holds a news conference at the prime minister’s office on May 31. (Koichi Ueda)
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.