THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 17, 2022 at 17:42 JST
Hordes of people throng a street in Kyoto on July 16, the eve of the renowned Gion Festival. (Tatsuo Kanai)
Airports and tourist destinations were packed with visitors at the July 16 start of a three-day weekend, as daily new COVID-19 cases nationwide topped 110,000, a level that exceeds all other records since the health crisis struck in early 2020. [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
