THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 27, 2021 at 17:50 JST
The Metropolitan Expressway in central Tokyo around the Edobashi Junction (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The transport ministry is mulling over whether to introduce “road pricing,” a kind of dynamic-pricing system for expressways that would raise tolls when they become congested. [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.