Rugby World Cup: Irish fans grapple with stereotypes, queues and loos in JapanCountry’s famous hospitality is rolled out for more than half a million tournament visitorsFri Sept 27 2019 - 10:42
The Rugby World Cup A-Z: What to see, eat and do in Japan’s host citiesBring plenty of yen, don’t tip the waiters and check out the Unesco World Heritage sitesFri Sept 13 2019 - 14:23
At least 33 dead in arson attack at Japan animation studioMany more injured, including man believed to have started the fire at Kyoto buildingThu Jul 18 2019 - 16:17
Trade, borders and climate key sticking points at G20 summitTrump antagonises environmentalists and criticises US security alliance with JapanSun Jun 30 2019 - 17:43
‘Don’t meddle in the election, please’ – Trump jokes with Putin at G20US president appears to make light of scandal that led to Mueller investigationFri Jun 28 2019 - 11:47
Japan’s new emperor has a sense of humour. He might need itNaruhito must deal with a succession crisis, protect his troubled wife and navigate an ideological fogWed May 01 2019 - 18:08
Japanese emperor Akihito abdicates to end 30-year reignEldest son Naruhito (59) will ascend to chrysanthemum throneTue Apr 30 2019 - 10:06
Back to the future: Japan enters new era trying to escape its pastCountry faces daunting challenges as it competes with China’s powerhouse economySat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
Carlos Ghosn condemns ‘conspiracy’ to remove him from NissanFormer chairman of carmaker back in jail after fourth arrest in connection with fraud chargesTue Apr 09 2019 - 09:27
Japan reveals name of new imperial era to begin next monthReiwa – signifying ‘order’ and ‘peace’ – selected as name after months of secret debateMon Apr 01 2019 - 07:01
Carlos Ghosn disguised as construction worker as released from Tokyo jailFormer Nissan chairman controversially spent 108 days in detentionWed Mar 06 2019 - 10:05
Gay couples sue for the right to marry in JapanTokyo Letter: Homosexuality largely seen as lifestyle choice, not a political argumentWed Mar 06 2019 - 01:00
Death row miscarriage case puts spotlight on Japanese justiceA Japanese man freed after 48 years on death row lives in fear he will be sent backTue Feb 19 2019 - 01:00
Japan’s nuclear export business shaken to the coreThe shadow of the 2011 Fukushima meltdown hangs ominously over a series of setbacksThu Jan 24 2019 - 05:15
Carlos Ghosn – the man who fell to earthAs fresh charges are filed against Nissan’s former boss, a look at the murky facts around his arrest and detentionFri Jan 11 2019 - 16:15
Sacked Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn could be detained for ‘months’ before trialOusted chairman says he has been ‘wrongly accused and unfairly detained’Tue Jan 08 2019 - 13:12
Japan has opposite problem to Ireland: it is giving houses awayTokyo Letter: Urban flight, falling prices and flimsy building create glut of empty homesFri Nov 30 2018 - 01:00
Nissan ousts chairman Carlos Ghosn after arrestSpeculation swirls around fallen Nissan boss as company moves to quickly remove himThu Nov 22 2018 - 12:29
Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn arrested over ‘numerous’ misconduct actsCarmaker set to sack Ghosn over understatement of income and use of firm’s assetsMon Nov 19 2018 - 15:54
Post-Brexit bonus for Ireland? Not from JapanEverything from small size of Irish market to the dearth of good Japanese restaurants cited as factorMon Nov 19 2018 - 06:30
Japan struggles to halt its shrinkageTokyo Letter: World’s third-largest economy seeks to revive ageing, declining populationTue Nov 13 2018 - 01:00
Japan’s cabinet votes to allow in more foreign workersPlan to address ageing population and labour crunch has attracted criticismFri Nov 02 2018 - 13:11
Japan’s heatwave puts its traditions to the testTokyo Letter: The country struggles to continue as normal as heat records tumbleWed Aug 01 2018 - 01:00
Sweltering Japanese heat likely to take toll on athletes in 2020Tokyo Letter: Olympic organisers appear to have played down hot and steamy conditionsMon Jul 23 2018 - 05:16
Rugby World Cup 2019: Getting ready to see Ireland meet the world in JapanIrish fans travelling need to start making preparations fast. Top advice: bring lots of cashSat Jul 21 2018 - 06:30
EU and Japan sign one of history’s largest trade dealsMove seen as counterweight to offset US protectionism under Donald TrumpTue Jul 17 2018 - 13:35
Woman’s fight highlights rape taboo in JapanTokyo Letter: Proving rape is very difficult here but one victim, Shiori Ito, is undeterredTue Jul 10 2018 - 01:00
Japanese cult leader and subway attacker Shoko Asahara executedAsahara and six other members of Aum Shinrikyo cult, which gassed Tokyo subway in 1995, hangedFri Jul 06 2018 - 09:22
Slow crisis stalks Japan’s overstuffed banking industryOld-fashioned work practices, ultra-low interest rates and shrinking local populations just some of the problemsThu Jun 21 2018 - 04:34
Three dead and dozens injured after Japan earthquakeGirl (9) and two men (80s) among victims as 6.1 magnitude quake hits Osaka in westMon Jun 18 2018 - 08:45
Forced sterilisation victims fight to reopen dark chapter of Japan’s pastSterilisations were performed on 25,000 people under a now defunct eugenics lawSat Jun 02 2018 - 01:00
Violent tackle hints at dark side of Japanese societyWhen Taisuke Miyagawa bowed to the nation for his college football hit, it resonated deeplyFri May 25 2018 - 14:33
Sexual harassment claim against top official stirs #MeToo in JapanTokyo Letter: Finance bureaucrat resigns after journalist leaks recording of encounterWed Apr 25 2018 - 13:52
Japan’s crime problem? Too many police, not enough criminalsTokyo Letter: As they run out of things to do, officers are becoming more inventiveFri Apr 06 2018 - 01:00
Cult leader’s daughters call for him not to be executedTokyo attacker Shoko Asahara and followers set to hang amid mental competence doubtsSat Mar 24 2018 - 05:01
‘Schoolgate’ scandal deepens around Japan’s prime ministerFinance ministry officials finally admit official documents on Shinzo Abe’s role were forgedMon Mar 12 2018 - 17:59
No evidence Dundalk attack linked to international terrorism - GardaYosuke Sasaki (24) had been living in Dundalk and working in call centreThu Jan 04 2018 - 18:43
Trump and ‘Shinzo’: Mutual praise, fist bumps and bromanceOdd friendship: Leaders indicate that thanks to them, US and Japan have never been closerMon Nov 06 2017 - 18:43
Trump accuses Japan of not trading fairly on first stop of tourVisiting Asia, US president says ‘our trade with Japan is not free and it’s not reciprocal’Mon Nov 06 2017 - 15:43
Trump starts Asia trip by warning ‘tyrants and dictators’Eleven-day tour puts US president at centre of North Korea nuclear standoffSun Nov 05 2017 - 21:07
North Korea and trade on the agenda as Trump goes to AsiaLengthy Asian tour will be a test of US president’s diplomatic skills – and his patienceSat Nov 04 2017 - 01:00
Japan keeps tight control over guns ahead of Trump visitPolice in Japan have virtually unlimited rights to search for and seize illegal weaponsThu Nov 02 2017 - 14:50
Japanese voters return prime minister Shinzo Abe to powerAbe on course to become the nation’s longest-serving leader since second World WarSun Oct 22 2017 - 20:54
Japanese electorate set to stick with devil it knowsTokyo Letter: LDP’s Shinzo Abe may become Japan’s longest-serving leader since WWIIWed Oct 18 2017 - 01:00
Democrat alliance with Party of Hope may upset Abe’s plansJapan’s PM denounces partnership as opportunistic ahead of October 22nd pollsSat Sept 30 2017 - 01:00
Direct Dublin-Toyko route ‘inevitable’ given trade growth, Tánaiste saysBrexit a ‘major shot in the arm’ for Irish trade with Asia, Frances Fitzgerald saysFri Sept 29 2017 - 10:07
Unknown to most Americans, the US ‘totally destroyed’ North Korea once beforeIn its Korean War bombing campaign, the US ‘burned down every town in North Korea’Wed Sept 20 2017 - 11:56
North Korea’s calculated missile launch shakes Japan out of bedRange of Friday’s missile shows Pyongyang’s capacity for destruction steadily improvingFri Sept 15 2017 - 12:31
Japanese wrestler on a mission: peace with North KoreaAntonio Inoki heading to Pyongyang in pursuit of ‘world peace through sports’Thu Sept 07 2017 - 11:08
