By MICHINORI ISHIDAIRA/ Staff Writer
October 11, 2022 at 07:10 JST
An aerial photo of the Imperial Palace and its surroundings taken in 1952 shows the present-day Otemachi district, in the bottom right corner, used as a parking lot after it was requisitioned by U.S. troops. Seen in the bottom left corner is the Gyoko-dori street. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward has reproduced a rare map from 1947 that shows how the postwar U.S. occupation of Japan had dominated and sprawled across the places locals walk past every day. [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
