Ireland-Japan Connections and Crossings celebrates sixty-five years of
Irish-Japanese diplomatic relations and its publication is one part of a
number of commemorative events designed to cherish past and future
relations between the two countries.The book is a celebration of each
country and their influences on one another. It is impossible to
document these in their entirety; and this is not the purpose of the
book. The articles, stories and poems in this book are a selection from
a very wide and deep source. Covering a broad spectrum, the
contributions fall into a number of defined categories: diplomatic,
economic, history and culture, education, memoir and poetry. We hope
that the book will encourage and inspire readers to continue to read,
enquire and travel into these unique, well-connected islands.