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Japan’s LDP is one of the most successful political parties in the world, holding power since 1955. Could scandal finally hurt it?
Taoiseach disagrees with suggestion that alternative site on grounds of former nursing home in Crooksling in southwest Dublin was too isolated for migrants
Rescue operation in Ishikawa Prefecture is being hindered by buckled roads, and death toll is expected to rise
First tsunami waves hit Japan’s coast after warnings issued for a number of prefectures on the west coast
Japan to release treated radioactive water into Pacific Ocean as opponents react with impotent fury
Japan Letter: A plan to release 1.3 million tons of contaminated wastewater into the Pacific has infuriated those who make their living from the sea
Tokyo conference hears that view of ‘benign’ China constitutes a dangerous and misplaced global assumption
Former British prime minister raises the alarm about Beijing’s sabre rattling towards ‘renegade’ Taiwan
Japanese people are having fewer children but, in the face of the climate crisis, should larger families be encouraged?
Defence strategists in Japan are increasingly explicit about ‘threat’ posed by China
Former prime minister’s ties to the Unification Church prompt unease with a ceremonial burying
Tokyo Letter: Mother of victim says she is trying not to think about the looming release of Richard Hinds, who has reportedly shown no remorse for the crime he committed in 2012
Micheál Martin laments ‘shockingly high’ house prices and rules out serving in government with Sinn Féin
Tokyo Letter: Last year Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe both gave recorded speeches to a meeting of an affiliate of the church
Temporary measures necessitated by huge rise in numbers and threat of further escalation due to nature of ongoing war Ukraine, says Martin