THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 5, 2024 at 18:11 JST
Akira Ogawa becomes the first female mayor of Maebashi on Feb. 4. (Shun Yoshimura)
The scandal-hit ruling Liberal Democratic Party claimed victory in the Kyoto mayoral election on Feb. 4 but lost in a key poll in its traditional stronghold of Gunma Prefecture. [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
