America’s ‘Agatha Christie mystery’ ambassador mum on Japan joining AUKUS

America’s ‘Agatha Christie mystery’ ambassador mum on Japan joining AUKUS

Rahm Emanuel said he would keep speaking out on China,but was more diplomatic when asked if Japan should also be acquiring nuclear submarines.

  • byLatika Bourke

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Forget museums or concerts:I’d rather get my hit of local culture here

Forget museums or concerts:I’d rather get my hit of local culture here

There’s an old saying among sports fans:I went to a fight,and a game of ice hockey broke out.

  • byBen Groundwater
My parents’ contribution to Australia is greater than the house they took off the market

My parents’ contribution to Australia is greater than the house they took off the market

My Japanese parents’ contribution to Australia is greater than the house they took off the market. Policy failures,not migration,have caused this housing crisis.

  • byMillie Muroi
This unofficial ramen club is full of strange rules. But you’ll still want to join

This unofficial ramen club is full of strange rules. But you’ll still want to join

Tokyo-based Cody Mizuno thinks he’s eaten about 1000 bowls of ramen in his lifetime. That’s the equivalent of one ramen a day for three years.

  • byBen Groundwater
This fee-free ‘wellness journey’ provides plenty of health benefits

This fee-free ‘wellness journey’ provides plenty of health benefits

You can get a free wellness experience simply by wandering into a forest,where Mother Nature provides plenty of health benefits,and all for free.

  • byBrian Johnston
Sipping the world’s oldest (and most expensive) sake

Sipping the world’s oldest (and most expensive) sake

He pours small samples of this deeply yellow,treacle-like liquid and we raise it to our lips to experience the wonder. This is like a poem,written almost 50 years ago,that is only just being read.

  • byBen Groundwater
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The US dollar has become a big problem for the world
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The US dollar has become a big problem for the world

The surging US dollar is setting off alarm bells as it smashes the Australian dollar and other major currencies.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘UFO town’:Japanese city a hotspot,says new Pentagon website

‘UFO town’:Japanese city a hotspot,says new Pentagon website

A map released by a US-related agency shows where the most sightings have been recorded using data from between 1996 and 2023.

  • byTony Diver
Tensions build over little-known islands Russia seized off Japan’s coast

Tensions build over little-known islands Russia seized off Japan’s coast

The dispute over the area,which the Soviet Union seized late in World War Two,has prevented Tokyo and Moscow from reaching a peace treaty formally ending hostilities.

  • byLidia Kelly
Typhoon trifecta churns towards Philippines,Hong Kong,China mainland

Typhoon trifecta churns towards Philippines,Hong Kong,China mainland

A super typhoon and two tropical storms have prompted authorities in Asia to close schools,cancel flights and trains,and sandbag residential areas.

Japan ponders custody changes as Australia sends Hogwarts-style letters to abducted kids

Japan ponders custody changes as Australia sends Hogwarts-style letters to abducted kids

Parents of abducted children say Japan’s proposed changes do not go far enough.

  • byEryk Bagshaw