By SHIN MATSUURA/ Staff Writer
September 7, 2022 at 06:30 JST
Plastic beverage bottles and oil receptacles, filled with household deep-frying oil, are collected in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward on Aug. 1. (Shin Matsuura)
Thieves prowling the streets of Tokyo’s Ginza and Shinjuku entertainment districts overnight are not so much interested in luxury goods these days as they are targeting the waste leftover from making tempura and "tonkatsu" pork cutlets. [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.
