THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 23, 2024 at 07:00 JST
Takemasa Moriya, the top bureaucrat at what is now the Defense Ministry, led Japanese negotiators in talks over the Futenma relocation issue with the United States. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
For years, both Japan and the United States have insisted that constructing a U.S. air station off Nago in Okinawa Prefecture is the “only solution” to a thorny military base issue. [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.