THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 10, 2021 at 19:00 JST
Taro Kono, the state minister in charge of administrative reform, holds a news conference on Sept. 10 to announce he is running in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. (Koichi Ueda)
Taro Kono, the man leading Japan’s vaccine rollout, said if he becomes prime minister, he will work to create a “warm society” where everyone supports one another. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
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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.