THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 24, 2023 at 13:07 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gives a speech for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the Lower House by-election in the Chiba No. 5 district in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on April 22. (Nobuo Fujiwara)
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won four of the five Diet by-elections on April 23, but rising opposition party Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) clinched the fifth for its first seat in Wakayama Prefecture. [Read More]
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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.
