THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 20, 2022 at 07:30 JST
A local authority in Noheji, Aomori Prefecture, provides menstrual sanitary products for free in a female toilet at a junior high school. (Ayaka Kibi)
A survey on “period poverty” by the health ministry found that 8 percent of women in Japan had experienced difficulties acquiring menstrual sanitary products due to financial reasons since the COVID-19 pandemic flared. [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
