Tokyo governor quits to form new right-wing partyTOKYO GOVERNOR Shintaro Ishihara has stunned the world’s largest metropolis by announcing that he is quitting to form a new right…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Noonan rejects possibility of EU policy split over debt crisisMINISTER FOR Finance Michael Noonan has swatted away speculation of a potentially devastating policy split over Europe’s debt…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Tensions increase as Japan and China continue islets stand-offOFFICIALS FROM Asia’s two most powerful economies are struggling to put out the latest diplomatic fires from their stand-off …Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Eastern promise pays dividendsWILD GEESE: Matthew Connolly, MD, Eire Systems, JapanFri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Japanese government takes less than a week to row back on nuclear pledgeLESS THAN a week after announcing it would phase out the generation of nuclear power, Japan’s government has backtracked on a…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Japan plans to abandon nuclear power by 2030JAPAN’S GOVERNMENT will announce that it is abandoning nuclear power generation in the next three decades and massively promoting…Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
China tensions mount as Japan buys disputed islandsJAPAN’S GOVERNMENT has upped the ante in a territorial row with China by agreeing to buy the islands at the centre of the dispute…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Japanese territorial issues could jeopardise Asian trade linksTOKYO LETTER: Unofficial ‘disputes’ with China and South Korea over Japanese-held islands threaten to disrupt important economic…Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Sushi chef pays visit to Kim Jong-un after long absenceFEW FOREIGNERS get an invitation to the inner circle of North Korea’s first familyMon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
Japan makes most of potential crack in North Korean monolithLETTER FROM TOKYO: IS JAPAN looking for a backdoor diplomatic route to Pyongyang?Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Nicola Furlong suspect to face criminal trialA JAPANESE court has recommended a criminal trial for the main suspect in the murder of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Family of student killed in Tokyo face suspect in Japanese courtTHE FAMILY of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong have faced her alleged killer for the first time in a Japanese courtroom.Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Furlong suspect to face murder trialA 19-year-old US man accused of the murder of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong in Tokyo should be tried as an adult, a court…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
'Drastic' shift needed to prevent repeat of Japan nuclear crisisTHE FINAL government report into the Fukushima nuclear meltdown has called for a “drastic” shift in disaster management to avoid…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Furlong murder suspect due in courtTHE MAIN suspect in the murder of Irish student Nicola Furlong is due to make his first appearance in a Tokyo court later this…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Driver for cult who killed subway users with gas arrestedJAPAN HAS closed a chapter on one of its most shocking post-war episodes with the capture of the last remaining fugitive from…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Rearrest of suspect in Furlong inquiryJAPANESE POLICE have rearrested the main suspect in the death of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong on murder charges.Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Police rearrest Furlong suspectJapanese police have rearrested the main suspect in the death of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong on murder charges.Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Father of murdered student on way home with personal itemsA MONTH ago single father Andrew Furlong was looking forward to the return of his daughter Nicola (21) from a year studying in…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Nuclear disaster no deterrent in push to restart reactorsThe prime minister says the country needs the plants – but many still have safety worriesSat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Father of murdered student travels to TokyoTHE FATHER of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong has met Japanese police officers investigating her death.Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Father of dead student visits JapanThe father of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong has met Japanese police officers investigating her death.Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Two US men held on suspicion of strangling DCU student in TokyoTHE BODY of Irish woman Nicola Furlong will arrive back in Dublin today as Japanese police continue their investigation into …Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
DCU student's body flown homeThe body of Irish woman Nicola Furlong has arrived back in Ireland as Japanese police continue their investigation into her death…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
Body of DCU student due in IrelandThe body of Irishwoman Nicola Furlong will arrive back in Dublin tomorrow as Japanese police continue their investigation into…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Nuclear lobby blamed for Japanese disasterJAPAN’S FORMER prime minister has admitted his office was “overwhelmed” during last year’s Fukushima nuclear meltdown and has…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Two held over Irish student's death in TokyoTOKYO POLICE have charged two US men in connection with the death of an Irish student, Nicola Furlong (21), and the assault of…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Japanese power-cut alert sparks fears of nuclear comebackMILLIONS OF Japanese homes are bracing for a long, hot summer after Japan’s government warned a shortage of electricity generation…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Japan shuts down last nuclear reactor amid power-cut warningsTHE LAST of Japan’s 54 nuclear reactors goes offline this weekend, signalling the start of a major debate over the country’s …Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Japan and US agree Okinawa troop withdrawalTOKYO AND Washington have finally reached a deal under which about half the US troops controversially stationed on the island…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Three killers hanged, effectively ending death penalty debateJapan hanged three men yesterday, ending a 20-month moratorium and effectively terminating a nascent debate on the country’s …Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Japan mourns tsunami dead one year after disasterJAPAN FELL silent yesterday to remember last year’s March 11th disaster, which killed 19,000 people, triggered a still-unresolved…Mon Mar 12 2012 - 00:00
Japan's old guardJAPAN: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY it may be, but in Japan old guys still rule the roostFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Tepco to announce Fukushima reactors have finally been brought under controlTHE OPERATOR of the Fukushima nuclear plant is set to announce today that its crippled reactors have finally been stabilised, …Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Financial fallout from Fukushima disaster embittering victimsLETTER FROM JAPAN: IN AUTUMN last year, Katsuzo Shoji (75) was quietly farming rice, vegetables and a small herd of cattle in…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
The sun sets on Japan's nuclear ageNUCLEAR FALLOUT: The meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant has grave implications for Japan’s planned atomic energy expansion…Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Idyllic village on way to becoming nuclear ghost townA district voted one of Japan’s most beautiful will soon join the Earth’s list of nuclear casualtiesMon May 09 2011 - 01:00
'A disaster waiting to happen' despite steady stream of warningsTOKYO LETTER: A warning from Fukushima’s former governor about Japan’s ‘nuclear absolutism’ was ignored, with tragic and devastating…Mon Apr 25 2011 - 01:00
Homeless long for pleasure of a bathIN THE battered community of Rikuzen-Takata, about 9,000 people have been left homeless by last month’s earthquake and tsunami…Sat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
PM says he will rebuild nation from scratchEXACTLY A week since a massive earthquake plunged Japan into its worst crisis since the second World War, its prime minister …Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Sensationalist coverageTokyo has become a ghost town resembling a zombie movie, with no food, fuel or waterSat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
'Suicide squad' sent to deal with reactorJAPAN EARTHQUAKE: JAPAN IS using army helicopters and police water cannons operated by what the media calls “suicide squads” …Fri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Should I stay or go, that is the questionExodus of foreigners is in stark contrast to the stoic resignation of the millions of Japanese, writes David McNeillFri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Nothing comical about anonymous and random acts of kindnessTOKYO LETTER: Donations of gifts to orphanage children, donated by people using comic-book names, is spreading through JapanFri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
North Korea up in arms over South's floodlit Christmas treeSEASONAL GOODWILL is in short supply on the divided Korean peninsula, where both sides are again at potentially deadly loggerheads…Wed Dec 22 2010 - 00:00
Shelling sparks fears of all-out Korean warTHE DIVIDED Korean peninsula appeared to be teetering on the brink of all-out war yesterday after the North fired dozens of shells…Wed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
Sundown for Japan?Fears of being left behind by China and South Korea are fuelling visceral anger and xenophobia in JapanFri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Kim Jong-il appears with 'heir' at paradeNORTH KOREA’S presumed leader in waiting, Kim Jong-un, continued his rapid political rise over the weekend when he accompanied…Mon Oct 11 2010 - 01:00
Japanese leader faces further battles despite beating off rival's challengeJAPAN’S PRIME minister Naoto Kan has shrugged off a bruising challenge from his party’s most powerful backroom figure to keep…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Ozawa set to give incumbent Kan a run for Japan's PM positionEVEN BY the standards of the sometimes murky world of Japanese politics, it is an odd election.Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
