THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 26, 2025 at 07:00 JST
A visitor to Otaru, Hokkaido, pauses for a photo at the Funamizaka slope on Jan. 31, dressed like Miho Nakayama in her 1995 movie “Love Letter.” (Kentaro Uechi)
Overseas tourists are flocking to lesser-known destinations and novel services in a district on Japan’s northernmost main island. [Read More]
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
