THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 17, 2021 at 13:50 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Sanae Takaichi, the internal affairs minister, listen to questions from an opposition lawmaker in a February 2020 Lower House plenary session. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Taro Kono’s strategy in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race is simple—win an outright majority of votes in the first round to prevent grudges and alliances among lawmakers from dictating the result in a run-off. [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
