THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 6, 2024 at 07:00 JST
Local high school girls play a significant part in carrying a lantern-covered float for women in September 2001 in Kita-Kyushu’s Tobata Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Many festivals and folk rituals, which remain vital cultural treasures and community cornerstone throughout Japan, have begun embracing greater inclusivity by involving women in events previously exclusive to men. [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
