THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 29, 2021 at 17:20 JST
A "kiyari uta" performance at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23 at the new National Stadium. Actor Naoto Takenaka was initially cast to play a main role in the segment. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
A popular actor cast for a main role in the July 23 Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics resigned just a day before the show to avoid creating yet another scandal that would haunt the Games. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
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
