THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 10, 2021 at 16:46 JST
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato responds to questions at his news conference on July 9. (Koichi Ueda)
It took just 24 hours for the government to row back on plans to rely on financial institutions to help convince bar and restaurant operators to comply with COVID-19 emergency curbs following a sharp backlash. [Read More]
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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.
