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Eight-year-old Australian girl dies in snowmobile accident in Japan
Chloe Jeffries from the Gold Coast in Queensland was holidaying in the Hakuba Valley with her familyFollow our…
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Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push
Thinktank analysis suggests Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in Australia and hinder move to cle…
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Dozens dead after record snow in Japan – and officials warn warmer weather will be treacherous
Dozens of people have died, including two Australians, as record-breaking snowfall blankets the northDozens of…
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Australian man dies skiing in Japan days after Queensland snowboarder killed in ski lift accident
The 27-year-old died after reportedly collapsing while skiing with friends near a Niseko ski resortGet our bre…
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Family of Australian woman who died after Japanese ski lift accident remember their ‘beautiful girl’
Tributes for Queensland snowboarder Brooke Day recall a ‘cherished team mate’ who had an ‘infectious sense of …
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Australian snowboarder dies in ski lift accident in Japan after her backpack was caught
Woman, 22, thought to have suffered a cardiac arrest after being dragged along the snow and suspended mid-airF…
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US, UK, EU, Australia and more to meet to discuss critical minerals alliance
About 20 countries including G7 states in talks on rare earths including calls for US to guarantee minimum pri…
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Weather tracker: US storms linked to ‘atmospheric river’ phenomenon
California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experienced heavy early season snowfallEvacu…
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Stars of track and field: Australian athletes at the World Athletics Championships – in pictures
The green-and-gold squad shone bright in Tokyo. Here is a collection of some of the best photographs from the …
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‘It’s only going to get bigger’: Australia embraces the Japanese game that turns rubbish into sport
Caitlin Cassidy competes in Australia’s World Cup spogomi qualifier, a fun event that’s really about raising e…
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Weather tracker: Heat records fall as Japan and South Korea swelter
Fears for August as Kyoto reaches 40C and Seoul has 22 nights above 25C, while eastern Australia enjoys snowTh…
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In the shadow of the Hiroshima blast: the secret romance that bloomed in defiance of the white Australia policy
Nobuko Sakuramoto survived the atomic bomb and found love with an Australian serviceman. Together they stared …
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Lex Greensill says SoftBank managers ‘felt threatened’ by his links to founder
Financier tells court he travelled to Tokyo ‘often weekly’ for mentoring sessions with Masayoshi Son The finan…
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Sperm donor who claims he fathered more than 180 children loses custody battle
UK judge rejects Robert Albon’s application for parental right of three-year-old girl he had with woman in Dur…
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Re-arm, reassure and spend big: how the Asia Pacific is responding to a new era under Trump
The US president has upset global norms in the space of weeks, spurring a flurry of defence spending, diplomat…
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Sony hikes PlayStation 5 price by 25% as Trump tariffs bite
PS5 digital price in UK would rise to £430 and €500 in Europe as Japanese games developer cites ‘challenging e…
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Wall Street dives as hopes wane for tariff delays; US says it will implement 104% tariff on China – business live
US stock market closes with stocks down after volatile trading day as investor hopes for concessions and delay…
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Donald Trump says he is not looking at pausing tariffs as US markets close after rocky day – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest news reports here:Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs…
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Weather tracker: Japan’s record snowfall causes chaos as temperatures dive
Vehicles stranded, trains and planes cancelled, and schools closed after record 129cm of snow falls in 12 hour…
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Open (your wallet) wide: Australians pay more for dental care than most OECD countries
Australia ranks well when it comes to total dental care expenditure. But a closer look at the numbers reveals …