By TOMOKO TAKAKI/ Staff Writer
June 7, 2021 at 14:40 JST
The outer wall of Kikuchi-Keifuen, a national sanitarium for leprosy patients in Kumamoto Prefecture, in May 2013 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Nearly 40 percent of leprosy patients are still living under false names to shield themselves and their families from prejudice and discrimination, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. [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.
