THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 17, 2021 at 13:50 JST
Taro Kono, right, the state minister in charge of administrative reform, attends a gathering of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on Sept. 16 along with Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi. (Koichi Ueda)
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]
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.
