THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 17, 2021 at 18:19 JST
Lawyers and citizens speak against the land use surveillance law at a protest rally in Tokyo’s Nagatacho district on June 16. (Roppei Tsuda)
Activists fear that the new law allowing the government to gather information on residents living near U.S. military and Self-Defense Forces bases in Japan might ramp up surveillance on them to deter protests. [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.
