Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
November 4, 2021 at 13:30 JST
Takashi Hara, in a photo taken on Oct. 22, 1921, 13 days before he was stabbed to death (The Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Japanese idiom "gaden insui," written with four kanji characters that combined mean "draw water into one's own rice paddy," denotes self-serving behavior. [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.
