THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 27, 2023 at 07:00 JST
A smiling North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, greets Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang after their summit meeting on Sept. 17, 2002. (Pool)
As someone with firsthand knowledge of what it was like to be spirited away against their will to North Korea, Kaoru Hasuike has a unique insight into the thorny abduction issue. [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
