THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 8, 2021 at 16:28 JST
Travelers on Shinkansen platforms at JR Tokyo Station on the morning of Aug. 7 (Yosuke Fukudome)
The governor of Tokyo's plea to residents not to travel outside of the capital due to an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide seems to have fallen on deaf ears as the Bon holiday season got under way. [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.