Fernando Alonso is hoping he can maintain the momentum from his Singapore success when he takes to the circuit again for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton admitted his victory at the Japanese Grand Prix was one of the hardest races of his life.

Lewis Hamilton knows he has to stay “relaxed and calm” otherwise he can forget becoming Formula One world champion this year.

The Japanese Grand Prix will now alternate between Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit after an agreement was reached with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

The 2007 Formula One calendar is taking shape after Bahrain revealed they will stage the third race, having opened the season this year.

The Japanese Grand Prix will switch to Fuji in 2007, according to reports from Japan.

Formula One’s commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone is still finalising the 2006 calendar as he tries to fit grands prix around other major events.

Japan’s patent office has blocked a company from making “pachinko” pinball machines named after Adolf Hitler, Moses and other historical figures, officials said today.

THEY came to kowtow, to pay homage to the talent of Keanomoto, a prophet in his home town.

Child protection experts believe there are many people around the country taking abusive images of children. Colette Keane reports on how gardaí may have just hit the tip of the iceberg.

Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd, Japan's top photographic film maker, is to invest at least $5.2bn (€4.13bn) in the next three years to shift its focus to digital cameras.

ALMOST two years after the introduction of the euro, prices seem to keep going up — a few cent here, a few cent there.

Last year, Kazusada Sumiyama and his wife, Mari, made their first visit to New York. Their son Yoichi had been transferred there, and he showed them all the sights - Battery Park, the Statue of Liberty, the Fourth of July fireworks.