THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 24, 2021 at 15:30 JST
A document on talks between Deputy Foreign Minister Hisashi Owada and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger in 1990 (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
As former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone headed on a high-profile mission to Iraq in early November 1990 seeking the release of Japanese hostages, a secret diplomatic mission was also starting. [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.
