'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
Japan's dolphin fishermen prepare for huntEVERY YEAR, beginning in September, local menus around the Japanese fishing town of Taiji expand to include fresh dolphin sashimi…Sat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
Intrigue over minister's motive as Japan opens door on gallowsTOKYO LETTER: Why did the justice minister, an opponent of the death penalty, sanction two hangings?Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
China refuses to condemn N Korea over naval attackCHINA HAS swatted away demands from Japan and South Korea to condemn Pyongyang over the sinking of a navy frigate, saying they…Mon May 31 2010 - 01:00
Mission impossible?NORTH KOREA: CREATING A TOP-CLASS research university anywhere is a formidable challengeFri May 28 2010 - 01:00
Plot to kill N Korean defector foiledSOUTH KOREAN police have arrested two North Korean agents sent to kill Hwang Jang-yop, the most famous defector to flee from …Thu Apr 22 2010 - 01:00
Innovation in your televisionSO YOU’RE sitting down for your daily helping of soap opera, you don a pair of 3D specs in front of your 100-inch plasma TV and…Fri Feb 05 2010 - 00:00
Massacre accused pleads not guiltyTHE MAN accused of masterminding the Philippines’ worst single episode of political violence pleaded not guilty yesterday in …Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Massacre accused pleads not guiltyTHE MAN accused of masterminding the Philippines’ worst single episode of political violence pleaded not guilty yesterday in …Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Innovation in your toiletFiguring out a solution to loo noises may not be top of the to-do list for Irish engineers, but Japan has had the answer for…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Japanese prime minister may go for early electionsTHE PRIME minister of Japan is fighting for his political life today after local elections in Tokyo yesterday appeared to hand…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Living on a prayerEXIT STRATEGY - ASIAN LESSONS: Japan's procrastination during the so-called 'lost decade' of the 1990s has become an object …Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Left-leaning academic to head Japanese oppositionJAPAN’S MAIN opposition party has re-elected the left-leaning former academic Yukio Hatoyama to take on the nation’s conservative…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Unemployed salarymen swapping white collars for medical coatsTOKYO LETTER : The government plans to turn thousands of unemployed men into carers for the elderlyThu Apr 16 2009 - 01:00
