THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 15, 2022 at 15:13 JST
The state funeral for Shigeru Yoshida, a former prime minister, was held on Oct. 31, 1967, at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Experts were divided on the plan to hold a state funeral this autumn for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which would be the first for a former prime minister in more than half a century. [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.
