THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 20, 2023 at 19:08 JST
Nearly 80 percent of high school baseball teams in Japan had a shaved head requirement in 2013. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
High school baseball players in Japan sporting shaved heads are no longer the norm in a clean break from past tradition, according to a new study. [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.
