THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 4, 2020 at 18:25 JST
Kunio Inoue, the boss of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's second largest organized gang (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The gang war that erupted five years ago when a group of members bolted from the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate over its practice of demanding a large cut of their earnings has deepened. [Read More]
Historians describe the Nomonhan Incident, a little-known 1939 Japan-Soviet border conflict, as the starting point of World War II.
A mother of two sons recounts the days when she lived with the novel coronavirus.
The Asahi Shimbun aims “to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” through its Gender Equality Declaration.
Let’s explore the Japanese capital from the viewpoint of wheelchair users and people with disabilities with Barry Joshua Grisdale.
