THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 5, 2023 at 17:35 JST
The women’s clothing section of a department store in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward is busy selling 'fukubukuro' lucky bags on Jan. 2. (Shigetaka Kodama)
New Year’s sales at the nation’s top department stores outperformed last year’s, as consumers turned out in droves thanks to the absence of COVID-19 restrictions and nicer weather. [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.
