Japan

Andy Farrell has refreshed the match-day 23 with eight players who did not feature last week

Japan has played a huge role in the career of the man who has coached - and won - more international games than anyone else

US markets saw a slight decline prior to the impact of tariffs

Experts gather in Tokyo this weekend to push for abolition of the death penalty in Asia

‘I used to think bears would always run away when they heard noise, but now they actually come towards you,’ resident says

Toyota, Honda and Mazda race to rediscover inventive spark that once defined the country

Indecisive refereeing and a disappointing result against the All Blacks killed the atmosphere in Soldier Field

‘Continued momentum depends on timely Government action to unlock the full potential of projects’

Sanae Takaichi started where Shinzo Abe left off, lavishing the US president with compliments

Sanae Takaichi and US president sign deals on trade and rare earths

Tetsuya Yamagami, seen by some as a ‘folk hero’, bore grudge over Moonies’ links to Japanese elite

The American author’s latest novel connects a child’s trauma to political disappearances in Japan

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be elected Japanese prime minister, leads a minority administration

Takaichi’s fragile minority coalition will need to form alliances with other conservative parties to pass laws

Sanae Takaichi is not a known advocate of women’s rights or a liberal

Hungarian author, a critic of communism and Viktor Orbán alike, is devoted to art of writing

Right-wing Sanae Takaichi set to be Japan’s first female premier

New leader’s nationalistic positions could stoke friction with China, say analysts

The new game still fantastically unsettling – cranking up the dread to the point where it borders on unbearable

Louth native claimed silver medal for Ireland in heptathlon at World Athletics Championships in Japan

The State urgently needs to plan for an older population, which means attracting and retaining high-skilled migrants

Uruguay wins its first medal at competition and Fionnuala McCormack achieves her best global placing

When I get a chance to go home, I go to visit places as much as I go to visit people

PM stepped down following elections that saw his ruling coalition lose its majority in both houses of parliament

New novels by Mick Herron, Nicola Upson, Seishi Yokomizo, Janice Hallett and Rav Grewal-Kök

After nine weeks of training on and off the pitch, Ireland are up for their World Cup opener against Japan

Even away from the track, Daniel Day-Lewis’s forthcoming film proves how time spent recuperating is never wasted

‘Increasingly difficult to train and perform at level I expect from myself’, athlete says

Studies show high-intensity interval walking ‘significantly enhances fitness, muscle strength, and health markers’

Aidan MacCarthy among a dozen Irish in city when second devastating device dropped by United States Air Force on August 9th, 1945

Mayor warns current global conflicts could push the world again into nuclear war

Beahan had mixed feelings in later years about his involvement in the missions

Remembrance event is held to mark 80 years since first atomic bomb dropped on Japan

City’s mayor warns against a growing acceptance of using nuclear weapons for national security

Co-chair of Nobel Peace Prize-winning group alarmed over weakening of ‘nuclear taboo’

The bomb revealed the terrifying power of nuclear weapons

Eighty years after devastating bombings, Japan is talking about joining the nuclear arms race

Eighty years ago this month the first atomic bomb was dropped in Japan

One of the world’s strongest quakes hits off eastern Russia, with 4m-high waves reported there

Japan to create $550bn fund to invest in the US under deal terms