THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 27, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Officials at the health ministry in Tokyo were under pressure to bring novel coronavirus infections under control in January. (Hikaru Uchida)
Although the government has helped to reduce overwork in the private sector, its own offices have remained bastions of long working hours and unpaid overtime. [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.