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
Call for Japan to consider end to non-nuclear principles due to N KoreaJust 5% of Japanese people say they want their country to possess nuclear weaponsThu Sept 07 2017 - 07:37
Japan may push for oil embargo after ‘intolerable’ nuclear testGovernment gives conflicting signals over how to respond to North Korean aggressionSun Sept 03 2017 - 17:47
The business of death: Profiting from loss in JapanDrive-through funeral parlours and virtual gravestones are latest examples of how bereavement is being transformedThu Aug 31 2017 - 06:00
Japan’s deputy PM backtracks after praising Adolf HitlerTaro Aso said the Nazi leader’s ‘motives were right’ even if he killed millions of peopleWed Aug 30 2017 - 10:15
Japan’s options limited after missile sirens jolt it from sleepNorth Korea’s missile scared residents – but did nothing to change the region’s arithmeticTue Aug 29 2017 - 13:42
Japanese prime minister fights for his political lifeShinzo Abe is struggling to deal with scandals, resignations and sliding popularitySat Jul 29 2017 - 05:00
Mining Japan’s grey economyJapan’s ageing populace is driving huge strides in technology and productsThu Jul 27 2017 - 07:00
Japan looks to trigger sales of weaponryPacifist Japan is trying to target international market for military hardwareThu Jul 06 2017 - 06:20
Three go on trial over 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasterFormer Tokyo Electric Power executives deny negligence after tsunami swamped facilityFri Jun 30 2017 - 09:53
Japan passes ‘defective’ new anti-terrorism legislationLaw approved despite warning from UN it could be used to crack down on civil libertiesThu Jun 15 2017 - 08:31
Japan’s new conspiracy bill sounds a sinister noteTokyo Letter: In one of the world’s safest countries, new legislation is proving divisiveThu May 25 2017 - 16:25
Toshiba’s startling spiral downwards continuesOne of the huge crown jewels of Japan Inc is on its knees. But will it rise again?Thu May 04 2017 - 06:15
Despite its tragic history, Japan pays only lip service to the anti-nuclear causeTokyo Letter: Key bureaucrats ‘want US tactical nuclear weapons redeployed in Asia’Mon Apr 24 2017 - 01:00
Pence talks on trade in Japan overshadowed by threat of warUS vice-president says ‘all options on table’ in response to nuclear threat from North KoreaThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:43
Enjoy your stay: Japan’s robot-run hotelThe bots at Tokyo's Henn-na Hotel could be a taste of our automated futureThu Apr 20 2017 - 06:25
Tillerson says America’s approach to North Korea has ‘failed’US secretary of state discusses ‘ever-escalating threat’ on first official visit to JapanThu Mar 16 2017 - 14:59
Five million dementia sufferers a huge problem for JapanJapan’s ageing demographic presents unprecedented challenges for policy-makersTue Mar 07 2017 - 16:00
Japan’s Shinzo Abe under fire over ultra-right schoolPM accused of giving sweetheart deal to school with ties to hard-right lobby groupThu Feb 23 2017 - 14:36
Japan trying to silence Okinawan activist, say supportersCritics say move intended to scare islanders protesting against giant US military baseMon Feb 13 2017 - 01:00
Trump’s ‘America-first’ vow ignites a ‘Japan-first’ debatePacifist constitution in firing line as Washington demands that Japanese step upFri Feb 03 2017 - 14:42
Vladimir Putin visit raises hopes of peace treaty with JapanMoscow and Tokyo have decades-long diplomatic stand-off over disputed Kurile chainWed Dec 14 2016 - 22:00
Tsunami warning lifted after earthquake hits near FukushimaWaves reach Japan as magnitude 7.4 quake sends thousands fleeing for high groundTue Nov 22 2016 - 08:02
Japanese employees working themselves to deathTokyo Letter: Ministry of health attributes 2,000 suicides a year to exhaustionTue Nov 08 2016 - 15:09
Tokyo Letter: Soaring cost of Japan’s 2020 OlympicsAlarms bells ringing as costs spiral, plans crumble and venues are relocatedMon Oct 03 2016 - 01:00
Diplomat may go to ombudsman over reports on Tokyo houseAmbassador says article falsely implied €45,000-a-month residence used for businessThu Sept 29 2016 - 09:51
Japan’s leading women look set to finally break the ‘steel ceiling’Three women now hold powerful political posts in a country that has never had female PMMon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
When Bertie Ahern met Emperor Akihito in JapanAkihito, whose reign nears its end, tried to bring protocol-heavy monarchy down to earthTue Aug 09 2016 - 01:00
Japan’s emperor hints at wish to abdicate in address to nationEmperor Akihito (82) says he worries about impact of his declining health on societyMon Aug 08 2016 - 12:19
Japan’s new defence minister expected to take a hard lineThe appointment of the hawkish Tomomi Inada adds to the combustible mix with ChinaSat Aug 06 2016 - 02:02
Japan attack: Biggest danger country faces is overreactionAwful actions of alienated individuals make headlines, but Japan is still a very safe placeTue Jul 26 2016 - 15:10
Man who killed 19 in Japan knife attack had threatened disabledSatoshi Uematsu (26) wrote: ‘My goal is a world in which the severely disabled can be euthanised’Tue Jul 26 2016 - 15:03
Japan elections: Shinzo Abe wins sweeping victoryCoalition step closer to revising pacifist constitution after upper house election successSun Jul 10 2016 - 18:39
Japanese election likely curtain-raiser for constitutional reformUnshackling Japan from its pacifist constitution is PM Shinzo Abe’s lifelong obsessionWed Jul 06 2016 - 17:01
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . North Korean missilesPyongyang says its Musudan ballistic missile is a success. It’s only a matter of time before Kim Jong-un’s regime can fire at United States territorySat Jun 25 2016 - 01:00
Japanese boy abandoned in forest by parents found aliveYamato Tanooka (7) found unharmed six days after being left on forest road as a punishmentFri Jun 03 2016 - 17:25
