THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 9, 2022 at 14:56 JST
Koichi Hagiuda, the economy minister, holds a news conference on Aug. 8. (Junichi Miyagawa)
To appease the largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apparently wants to name Koichi Hagiuda as the LDP policy chief on Aug. 10. [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
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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.