THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 17, 2023 at 18:29 JST
People enjoy eating bento boxed lunches under the blooming Somei-Yoshino trees at Showa Kinen Park, western Tokyo, in April 2016. (Provided by Showa Kinen Park)
For the first time in four years, people in Tokyo can have picnics under the cherry blossom trees now in bloom and enjoy related events, though with some restrictions still in place. [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.
