THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 2, 2023 at 18:51 JST
Yoshihiko Inohara, president of agency subsidiary Johnny’s Island, reads a letter from Julie Keiko Fujishima at a news conference on Oct. 2. (Takeshi Iwashita)
Talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. said Oct. 2 that it will drop the name of its sexual predator founder and be renamed “Smile-Up” tasked with compensating hundreds of abuse victims. [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
