The Irish Times

Japan flocks to cherry blossom parties in a time of climate change

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

Mon Apr 04 2022 - 05:00

Is Japan ready for its first female prime minister?

Tokyo Letter: The possibility of a historic first has enlivened an otherwise dull race

Fri Sept 24 2021 - 01:00

Storm Nepartak threatens to end ‘smooth’ start to Olympics

Typhoon disrupts scheduling of Irish rowers including single sculls favourite Puspure

Sun Jul 25 2021 - 18:17

Athlete tests positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo quarantine

The athlete had not yet relocated to the athletes’ village - local reports

Thu Jul 15 2021 - 09:03

Ban on Olympic spectators mooted as Delta variant takes hold in Asia

Japan in state of emergency as cases climb while India’s official death toll tops 400,000

Fri Jul 02 2021 - 18:32

Tokyo may extend coronavirus curbs into Olympics period

There’s less than a month to go until the Tokyo Summer Olympics are set to open

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 07:42

Recession risk looms as Japan eyes third state of emergency

Japan struggles to contain surge in new Covid-19 case numbers

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 08:02

State of emergency to be declared in Tokyo amid pre-Olympics Covid surge

Prime minister says measures will not affect Games, which are due to open on July 23rd

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 02:00

French Olympic president says athletes should ‘pass’ ahead of others for vaccinations

Prioritising athletes for vaccination has proved controversial in some countries

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 18:06

Covid-19: India reports record surge in cases amid vaccine shortages

World wrap: New Zealand suspends travel from India, Italy plans for Covid-free islands

Thu Apr 08 2021 - 08:48

Covid-19: Japan considers state of emergency amid rising cases

Worries grow over rescheduled Olympic games due to take place in July

Mon Jan 04 2021 - 12:50

Tokyo 2020 still under threat as Covid-19 cases rise in Japan

City reported 1,300 new cases on Thursday with vaccine not expected until February

Fri Jan 01 2021 - 14:38

Coronavirus: UK variant discovered in US in man with no travel history

World wrap: China gives approval to vaccine developed by state-owned company

Thu Dec 31 2020 - 08:03

Coronavirus: US passes 250,000 deaths as Europe struggles to contain spread

Infections fall in France but continue to rise in Italy, Germany and Turkey

Thu Nov 19 2020 - 11:29

Prospects for Tokyo Games remain very much in the balance

Uncertainty amidst soaring coronavirus rates and lockdowns across the world

Mon Jul 20 2020 - 18:16

Coronavirus: Tokyo’s nightclubs and hostess bars to be paid to close

Move after Japan’s capital records highest daily cases – 224 – since pandemic began

Fri Jul 10 2020 - 11:53

Coronavirus: Melbourne begins six-week lockdown after virus spike

Catalonia orders mandatory use of face masks in public as global cases hit 12m

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 09:17

Coronavirus: India’s 700,000 cases now third-highest in world

Global wrap: Subcontinent overtakes Russia, as border between Australian states to close

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 13:47

Japan declares state of emergency in major population centres

New coronavirus restrictions have been imposed in Tokyo and six other prefectures

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 10:48

Japan to declare state of emergency but avoid coronavirus lockdown

Tokyo at centre of outbreak that has seen cases nearly double over past week

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 12:43

Japan inches closer to coronavirus state of emergency

As cases rise, experts warn that hands-off approach to containing outbreak is failing

Fri Apr 03 2020 - 11:21

Covid-19: Spain now third country with more infections than China

Over 800 deaths in Spain and same number in Italy, but with record number cured there

Mon Mar 30 2020 - 21:43

Covid-19: Global infections now exceed 490,000

Fatalities now at 22,000 worldwide but figures also show 118,000 people recovered

Thu Mar 26 2020 - 19:32

Coronavirus: Japan anxious at ease with which it beat outbreak

As people’s lives return to normal, some fear that a surge in cases is around the corner

Wed Mar 25 2020 - 12:05

Confirmed: Olympics and Paralympics postponed until 2021

Focus for Team Ireland now will be on protecting and safeguarding the Irish athletes

Tue Mar 24 2020 - 13:54

Japan: Shinzo Abe in the ascendant

PM may look unassailable, but looming confrontations could reveal vulnerabilities

Tue Oct 24 2017 - 00:05

Japanese electorate set to stick with devil it knows

Tokyo Letter: LDP’s Shinzo Abe may become Japan’s longest-serving leader since WWII

Wed Oct 18 2017 - 01:00

Japan’s Abe announces snap poll amid North Korea worries

Move is aimed at taking advantage of improved ratings and opposition disarray

Mon Sept 25 2017 - 10:47

Tokyo golf venue bows to pressure and lifts restrictions on women

Board of Kasumigaseki Country Club voted unanimously to extend full membership

Tue Mar 21 2017 - 12:34

Japanese employees working themselves to death

Tokyo Letter: Ministry of health attributes 2,000 suicides a year to exhaustion

Tue Nov 08 2016 - 15:09

Tokyo Letter: Soaring cost of Japan’s 2020 Olympics

Alarms bells ringing as costs spiral, plans crumble and venues are relocated

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 01:00

Japan’s leading women look set to finally break the ‘steel ceiling’

Three women now hold powerful political posts in a country that has never had female PM

Mon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00

Japan’s main opposition party elects first female leader

Former model Renho Murata presents new challenge to popular PM Shinzo Abe

Thu Sept 15 2016 - 12:55