THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 1, 2022 at 19:03 JST
New employees at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, in diving suits wave to visitors alongside senior employees and water creatures from inside a large tank during a ceremony to welcome them into the workforce on March 31. (Takeshi Iwashita)
Traditional “nyusha-shiki” welcoming ceremonies boasting big crowds have come back in fashion, as major companies revived their standard, pre-pandemic pomp to greet fresh recruits in-person this year. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
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
