By NORIKI ISHITOBI/ Senior Staff Writer
February 9, 2022 at 19:08 JST
From left: Filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi with Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura, who were cast in “Drive My Car,” in Tokyo in July 2021 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” entered cinematic history by becoming the first Japanese film to win an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. [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.