The Irish Times

Tokyo 2020: Musical heritage plays on in Budokan judo arena

Where Dylan recorded one of his best live albums – if these walls could talk...

Wed Jul 28 2021 - 06:00

First Tokyo Olympics changed Japan for ever

Hosting the Games 57 years ago helped transform Tokyo from ‘a polluted, fetid mess’

Tue Jul 20 2021 - 22:30

Nippon Paint agrees $12bn tie-up with its largest shareholder

Consolidated group expected to continue with global acquisitions

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 16:06

Rugby and recovery - Kamaishi welcomes the world on a wave of emotion

This rugby mad, remote Japanese outpost was almost entirely destroyed in the 2011 tsunami

Sat Oct 12 2019 - 06:00

Aircraft lessors unlikely to be troubled by Boeing 737 Max groundings

Sources suggest lessors awaiting delivery may look for compensation

Fri Mar 15 2019 - 05:00

Japan’s nuclear export business shaken to the core

The shadow of the 2011 Fukushima meltdown hangs ominously over a series of setbacks

Thu Jan 24 2019 - 05:15

Trump says US to impose tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

EU hints at countermeasures as tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium to be applied

Thu Mar 01 2018 - 20:01

Man who killed 19 in Japan knife attack had threatened disabled

Satoshi Uematsu (26) wrote: ‘My goal is a world in which the severely disabled can be euthanised’

Tue Jul 26 2016 - 15:03

David Duffy led Clydesdale Bank gets €2.7 bn IPO pricing

Bank led by former AIB CEO has been valued at up to €2.7bn ahead of its February IPO

Mon Jan 18 2016 - 07:47

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal warns on profits

Lower than anticipated iron ore prices dented mining business

Sat Aug 02 2014 - 01:08

Thyssen nears US steel plant sale, cartel settlement

Deal would not include the company’s loss-making Brazilian factory

Thu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00

Japanese students take ‘walking to a new level’

11,000 gather at Nippon Sports Science University to see Shudankodo (collective action)

Fri Nov 15 2013 - 13:24