Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
September 29, 2022 at 12:36 JST
The container for a tape recording of the exchange between a death row inmate and staff at the Osaka Detention House (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
“The Last Day of a Condemned Man,” a novel by French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885), makes me feel as if I am awaiting my own execution. [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.