"The shaking was terrifying": stories of survival and loss emerge after Japan earthquake.
A volunteer firefighter, Tomohide Nagata, told the Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun: “I heard a voice coming from the collapsed house and…
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"Everywhere there were pitifully injured people": how a newly discovered memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima.
Most of the people in Hiroshima never saw or heard any plane. They didn’t hear any explosion either. They just…
"The Devil's Child": The Rise and Fall of the Only Female Yakuza
For nearly 40 years, Mako Nishimura never lost a fight. She told me this as if it were as obvious…
'A land of shadows and sun': the deserted Japanese island now overrun by rabbits
Aside from the bunny-ear designs on the window, there is little to suggest the ferry has arrived at an island…
Japanese town overwhelmed by record bear sightings in the past year.
It came as no surprise, especially to the residents of Osaki, that “bear” was chosen as Japan’s kanji character of…
My children are too frightened to play outdoors: Kurdish immigrants encounter animosity while Japan grapples with its population decline.
“I would rather die than go back to Turkey,” says Ali*. “But life is getting harder here too. I’ve noticed…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to step down following disastrous election results.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is stepping down less than a year after taking office, a move that has thrown…
A 102-year-old Japanese man has become the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Fuji.
At 102 years old, Kokichi Akuzawa has become the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Fuji, though he…
Hiroshima's mayor warns that global conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East prove the world is forgetting the horrors of nuclear weapons.
Hiroshima Mayor Calls for End to Nuclear Deterrence on 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing The mayor of Hiroshima urged the…