By SATOMI SUGIHARA/ Staff Writer
June 13, 2022 at 17:52 JST
Movie director Kazuhiro Soda, left, and his wife, Kiyoko Kashiwagi, in Tokyo in 2018. They were married in the United States and retained their surnames. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A couple is preparing legal action to challenge Japan’s one-surname only policy for married couples in official documents, after a court refused to confirm the legal status of their marriage. [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
