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The Nikkei 225 rose 0.28% to end at 20,881.27 - its best finish since December 1996.

Tokyo's Nikkei index closes at 21-year high

Business / 11 Oct 17

Japan's core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes volatile fresh food prices, rose 0.7% in August

Japan inflation and labour demand signal solid recovery

Business / 29 Sep 17

Minister Frances Fitzgerald is leading the joint IDA-EI trade mission to Japan and Singapore

3 Irish firms sign deals in Asia trade mission so far

Business / 25 Sep 17

Shinzo Abe has seen a boost in the polls recently

Abe plans snap election in Japan amid Korea crisis

World / 25 Sep 17

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new stimulus package could be a way to lure voters

Japan announces $17.8 billion economic stimulus package

Business / 25 Sep 17

Japanese Prime Miniser Shinzo Abe said "Now is not the time for dialogue. Now is the time to apply pressure"

Japan PM says time for talk is over on North Korea

News / 20 Sep 17

Japanese share prices rallied as concerns over North Korea, the US economy and a higher yen recede

Tokyo's Nikkei soars 2% to close at two-year high

Business / 19 Sep 17

UN condemns 'provocative' North Korean missile launch

North Korea / 16 Sep 17

South Korean leader Moon Jae-in meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at an Eastern Economic Forum

Sanctions alone will not resolve N Korea crisis - Putin

World / 06 Sep 17

North Korea has warned has warned of more missile tests to come

N Korea warns Japan risks 'imminent self-destruction'

News / 31 Aug 17

Sumiteru Taniguchi spent about three-and-a-half years in hospital after the blast

Postman who survived Nagasaki bombing dies

World / 30 Aug 17

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

US not out of diplomatic solutions on Korea - Mattis

News / 30 Aug 17

Japan's Nikkei was down 0.9% to a four-month low at one point, then pared losses to be 0.5% off

Stocks tumble after N Korea fires missile over Japan

Business / 29 Aug 17

People watch a report on the strike on a screen in Tokyo

Pentagon says North Korean launch did not threaten US

World / 29 Aug 17

Tortoises have a long lifespan, often living beyond 100 years

Fugitive tortoise takes two weeks to get 140m from zoo

World / 16 Aug 17

Children light incense sticks to offer prayers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima attack

World / 06 Aug 17

North Korea launched another ICBM on Friday

Trump, Abe agree North Korea 'a grave threat'

World / 31 Jul 17

Photo made available by the official North Korean Central News Agency showing ICBM Hwasong-14 being prepared before a test launch on 4 July

US, S Korea conduct live-fire exercise after launch

World / 29 Jul 17

Violins in a workshop in Liverpool (file photo)

Woman 'smashed 54 violins' as marriage hit sour note

World / 26 Jul 17

People were encouraged to skip their usual habit of commuting in notoriously packed trains

Congested Japan urges people to work from home

Japan / 24 Jul 17

An execution chamber in Tokyo, shown in a press release from Japan's justice ministry

Japan hangs two men for murder despite criticism

World / 13 Jul 17

200 men were permitted to land on the island in the Sea of Japan this year

Japan's men-only island gets UNESCO nod

News / 10 Jul 17

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to send an astronaut beyond the International Space Station

Japan plans to put astronaut on the moon by 2030

World / 30 Jun 17

Metal schrapnel from a defective Takata airbag is seen during a news conference in 2015

Japanese airbag maker Takata files for bankruptcy

World / 26 Jun 17

Japan's Daiwa Securities Group will set up a subsidiary in Frankfurt after Brexit

Japan's Daiwa chooses Frankfurt for EU base

Business / 23 Jun 17