The Irish Times

Japan’s PM Yoshihide Suga to resign after failing to control Covid outbreak

Departure of premier after one-year tenure may herald new era of turmoil for Japanese politics

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 07:44

Tokyo Letter: Opening ceremony was out of sync with Japan’s solemn national mood

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 20:00

Tokyo Letter: ‘Someone knows who told my husband to commit these acts’

Sun Jun 27 2021 - 17:14

World reaction: ‘Becoming global free trader in 2016 like turning into communist in 1989’

Fri Dec 25 2020 - 11:52

Quick vote expected to maximise influence of outgoing prime minister and his allies

Sun Aug 30 2020 - 19:30

Worry over US-China links remains despite support for Beijing from EU ministers

Mon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00

Critics say Shinzo Abe’s initiative would alter Japan’s constitutional framework

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00

Japan could learn from way Nazis rewrote Weimar constitution, said deputy PM

Sat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00

Aso’s comments about changing country’s constitution draw ire

Fri Aug 02 2013 - 11:25