By SHUNSUKE ABE/ Staff Writer
August 15, 2021 at 07:10 JST
A model is restrained by an imitated waist rope and a handcuff replica owned by the Osaka Bar Association. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A lawyers’ group is campaigning to end the degrading practice of criminal defendants being hauled into courtrooms placed in handcuffs and with ropes around their waists to stop them from fleeing. [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.
