By HIROSHI NAKANO/ Staff Writer
September 3, 2024 at 15:54 JST
Air conditioners, like this one in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, are now standard in public schools compared to 2014 when less than 40 percent of classrooms had them. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The long and miserable summer is technically over, but how people persevered through those three months of record heat is markedly different than when the Earth was cooler. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
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 on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
