THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 19, 2024 at 12:41 JST
A stack of envelopes sent by Iwao Hakamada to his sister Hideko, who carefully preserved the letters in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture (Yuri Murakami)
An Asahi Shimbun digital feature focusing on handwritten letters from a death row inmate won the top Grand Prix in the Japan Typography Annual 2025 awards announced on Nov. 18. [Read More]
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