By NAOKI MATSUYAMA/ Staff Writer
November 15, 2021 at 19:02 JST
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, far right, inspects an aircraft at the ASDF’s Hofu Kita base in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 14. (Naoki Matsuyama)
The Defense Ministry plans to deploy a second Self-Defense Forces space squad to Yamaguchi Prefecture to bolster Japan’s preparations for the new “battleground” of outer space. [Read More]
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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.
