Sporting chance to lift Irish-Japanese relations

Awareness of Ireland in Japan will be at a peak when the two nations meet at the Rugby World Cup, said Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture.

Minister Creed is this week leading his second agri-food trade mission to Japan and the Republic of Korea. Total agri-food exports to Japan in 2018 amounted to €115m, double the level of exports in 2016, according to CSO trade statistics.