By TOSHIO KAWADA/ Staff Writer
August 24, 2021 at 17:30 JST
Disposable plastic products (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The days of customers getting free plastic spoons and 11 other single-use plastic items commonly handed out at convenience stores and other locations in Japan will likely end in April 2022. [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.