THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 9, 2023 at 07:00 JST
Masaaki Chida serves as a first-base umpire on Oct. 1 in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, for a quarterfinal of a national baseball championship using rubber balls. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
Striking out at a critical moment in a baseball game is something a star player would usually want to forget, especially if the batter’s team ends up with a humiliating loss. [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
