THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 11, 2023 at 18:28 JST
Participants at an event held on March 11 in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, release dove balloons with messages to those who died in the twin disasters 12 years ago. (Hideaki Ishibashi)
Events were held around Japan on March 11 to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, as attendees marked the exact time at 2:46 p.m. when the magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck. [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
