THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 14, 2021 at 18:33 JST
The remains of a hut once used to lock up patients with mental illnesses under the “home custody” system still stand in the northern part of the main Okinawa island. (Provided by Yoshikazu Hara)
A documentary film on the former “home custody” system, under which patients with mental illnesses were lawfully locked up in sheds and other structures at home, has won praise from the Agency for Cultural Affairs. [Read More]
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A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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 about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
