Asian art: Arm yourself with knowledge of Japanese Kobudo before Adam’s sale
With a spotlight on Vietnamese art, the auction also features more than 100 Japanese prints in the Ukiyo-e style
With a spotlight on Vietnamese art, the auction also features more than 100 Japanese prints in the Ukiyo-e style
Aika Doheny flown home in air ambulance to Dublin where she died a day later
Worldview: Dissatisfaction with democracy and a return to recession has left Japan’s mighty Liberal Democratic Party floundering
Counting on Sunday night showed opposition parties, led by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan(CDPJ) making strong gains
Japan’s official position, sheltering under the US nuclear umbrella while paying lip service to survivors, is often uncomfortable
Temporary capital during wartime engaged American military aviation advice and training for the Flying Tigers to fend off aerial bombing by the Japanese
Veteran conservative Shigeru Ishiba, who advocates an Asian version of Nato, has repeatedly feuded with ruling party over political differences and corruption
Iwao Hakamada was originally convicted of a quadruple murder in 1966 on the basis of what his defence lawyers say was a forced confession and fabricated evidence
One person missing and more than 100 injured as 35,000 homes without power, authorities say
Storm prompts warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from event centre
Authorities warn storm could be one of strongest to ever hit country’s southwest region
Kishida succumbs to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs marring three-year term
Ambassadors from US and Britain stayed away in protest at snub, which the city’s mayor denied was political in nature
Nuclear Regulation Authority says 12 nuclear reactors, including three currently operating, on Kyushu and Shikoku islands remained safe
Tokyo equities surged 9% following Monday’s global rout but US and European recoveries were more muted
US and Japan agree joint military structure in response to ‘evolving security environment’
Haven’t heard of the Irish writer? He moved to Japan to teach English for a year. That was more than 20 years ago. His life there gives him lots of time for his fiction, he says
Whether shopping in the presence of live deer, riding the bullet train to Kyoto or remembering the past in Hiroshima, Japan accommodates extremes with apparent ease
Television: Full points to Apple for achieving peak menace from a standing start
Pact sets the stage for ‘interoperability exercises’ between the two nations
Strange deconstruction of beautiful game believes ego is the defining characteristic of a special striker. You don’t get that in Escape to Victory
Roger Crowley explores how ‘restless Europeans’ such as Spain and Portugal created a global ‘maritime belt’ of trade and empire
A studio in Ibiza, a geodesic dome in Eleuthera, a ski cabin in Rena, a condo in Chiba or a converted farmhouse in Battlebridge
Japan will soon have the third-largest defence budget in the world after the US and China
Latest data shows number of Japanese nationals falling by almost 100 an hour on average despite government efforts
Despite the pursuit of hard fact, the nature of reality is illuminated by Eastern thought as much as it is by atomic theory
Formed by the three countries in 2021, Aukus is part of efforts to push back against China’s power
Planet Business: FTSE 100 crosses 8,000 again, Alex Kroes is suspended at Ajax and Taylor Swift becomes a billionaire
Magnitude 7.3 quake topples dozens of buildings and leaves others tilting, particularly in eastern county of Hualien
Central bank sets new policy rate range of up to 0.1%, ending most aggressive monetary stimulus programme in modern history
Japan’s LDP is one of the most successful political parties in the world, holding power since 1955. Could scandal finally hurt it?
The Japanese director’s new film tells a story more slippery than that of Anatomy of a Fall. Pay attention throughout
Whether in Nobody Knows, Shoplifters or Like Father, Like Son, the Japanese auteur can dramatise children’s inner lives like no other film-maker
Rónán Hession reviews a selection that includes an impressive work by International Booker Prize winner Georgi Gospidinov
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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