THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 3, 2021 at 17:55 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks with reporters on Dec. 3 about measures to deal with the Omicron variant. (Koichi Ueda)
A failure to communicate and routine bureaucratic procedure apparently led to the embarrassment and confusion over the government’s now-retracted request to airlines to stop taking reservations for international flights to Japan. [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.
