THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 29, 2022 at 17:11 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a Liberal Democratic Party board meeting at the party’s headquarters on Nov. 28. (Tsubasa Setoguchi)
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has given the official nod to significantly boost Japan’s defense budget to 2 percent of gross domestic product in fiscal 2027, according to the ministers of finance and defense. [Read More]
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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.
