THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 1, 2022 at 19:03 JST
The Toba Aquarium holds an underwater ceremony to welcome new hires on March 31 in Toba, Mie Prefecture. (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]
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II