menu_open Columnists

The Asahi Shimbun

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

VOX POPULI: Eto’s rice ‘joke’ illustrates how to fail as a comic and politician

The recent gaffe by farm minister Taku Eto has led me to ponder the delicate relationship between politics and humor, or more precisely, between...

yesterday 20

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Preparedness needed to deal with ash from Mt. Fuji eruption

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to be medium- or...

yesterday 20

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Let no worker be treated like a 'replaceable component'

From the autumn of 1972, freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata worked undercover for six months as a seasonal laborer at a Toyota Motor Corp. plant...

previous day 10

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Let Diet members vote freely on married couple surname system

One part of Hikaru Utada’s latest song created a buzz on social media over the Golden Week of national holidays in early May because of lyrics that...

monday 40

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Tokyo Expo that never was still echoes Japan’s war history

A short walk from The Asahi Shimbun’s head office in Tokyo’s Tsukiji district brings you to the striking silhouette of Kachidokibashi bridge. I...

monday 30

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Key questions in the Moritomo Gakuen scandal still unanswered

It saddens me to imagine a scene of black smoke billowing into the sky. Eighty years ago in this country, pages and pages of official documents...

17.05.2025 40

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Remembering Jose Mujica, the voice of a global conscience

What does it truly mean to be poor? Or perhaps the more pressing question is this: What does it mean to be rich? The recent passing of former...

16.05.2025 1

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun