THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 13, 2023 at 18:47 JST
Iwao Hakamada celebrates his 87th birthday with his elder sister, Hideko, at their home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 10. (Akari Uozumi)
The Tokyo High Court on March 13 decided to allow a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who spent decades on death row for four murders he insists he did not commit. [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.
