THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 9, 2021 at 18:10 JST
Shuzo Matsuoka, a former professional tennis player, leaves the athletics stadium in Tokyo holding the lantern containing the Olympic flame bound for Machida city, where a lighting ceremony will be held on July 9. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
Amid cloudy skies and chants of anti-Games protesters, the Tokyo Olympic torch relay started its homestretch in Tokyo on July 9. [Read More]
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A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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 about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
