Catch up on the final stages of Ireland's agri-food trade mission to the Republic of Korea and Japan.

This week the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has visited Tokyo and Expo 2025 in Osaka.

Here is an opportunity to go inside the Ireland Pavilion at Expo 2025 which combines Irish timber with Japanese building materials, "in the form of an abstracted Celtic spiral".

Government of Ireland architects from the Office of Public Works designed the pavilion which promises to give visitors and experience of "the sights, sounds and smells of Ireland" .

Minister Heydon has said that “the trade mission to Japan provides the opportunity to "showcase Ireland as a like-minded and export-focused trading partner".

Japan is the third largest destination for Irish agri-food exports outside of Europe (after the US and China). In 2024, exports were valued at €173 million, an increase of 181% since 2014, and an increase of 49% since 2018.