THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 3, 2023 at 07:00 JST
Approximately 150 fishermen go shirtless and pose for trading cards created by the Aomori prefectural government to promote local fishery products. (Provided by Aomori prefectural government)
Forget Shohei Ohtani’s rookie card. Shirtless fishermen have become the latest hot item driving the trading card-collecting scene in Japan. [Read More]
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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.
