David McNeill

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

Micheál Martin to turn sod on construction of Ireland House in central Tokyo and offer condolences on recent assassination of Shinzo Abe

Tokyo Letter: The annual eruption of pink and white is now coming worryingly early

Negishi chain sells Irish beef tongue at its 40-or-so restaurants around Tokyo

Tokyo Letter: Former leader Shinzo Abe warns against treating discussion as ‘taboo’

Former foreign minister considered a moderate but adopted tough line against China in election campaign