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Quad summit cancelled after Joe Biden calls off trip to Australia
Leaders of Japan, India, US and Australia will instead meet on sidelines of the G7 in Hiroshima this weekendGe…
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Joe Biden cancels Australian visit amid US domestic debt deadlock
President had been due to address parliament next week, the first US leader in 10 years to do so, as part of A…
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Biden cancels Australia and Papua New Guinea visit as debt limit crisis looms
President, who will still visit Japan for G7 summit, hosts new talks with congressional leadersJoe Biden has c…
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Nato planning to open Japan office to deepen Asia-Pacific ties – report
Liaison office plans likely to attract criticism from China which has warned against the western alliance exte…
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‘Wolf warrior’ or entertainer? Outspoken Japanese envoy Shingo Yamagami has no regrets as he departs Australia
The ambassador has been seen variously as giving Australia a ‘shake-up’ and ‘kicking own-goals’ during his Can…
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Montevideo Maru: wreck of ship sunk in Australia’s worst maritime disaster found after 80 years
About 1,060 WWII prisoners died when the ship, which has now been found in the South China Sea, was sunk by an…
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Japanese-funded $500m project to extract hydrogen from Victorian coal is at risk, sources say
Exclusive: funding requests, uncertain responsibilities and a failure to secure long-term contracts has critic…
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Asia’s arms race: potential flashpoints from Taiwan to the South China Sea
Guardian correspondents look at the buildup of tensions across the region, from North Korea to the Pacific isl…
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Japan to spend $2.35bn on turning Victorian Latrobe valley coal into ‘clean hydrogen’
Japan Suiso energy boss says hydrogen project incorporating carbon capture and storage ‘truly a watershed mome…
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Japan’s new whaling ‘mother ship’ being built to travel as far as Antarctica
Whaling company says construction of new vessel will help ‘pass on our whaling culture to the next generation’…
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Labor criticises Coalition energy spokesman for filming nuclear power videos at Hiroshima
Ted O’Brien insists his tone was respectful and says government is seeking to malign his characterFollow our A…
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Japanese backpacker using scooter to travel 3,000km from Melbourne to Cairns
Uni, 23, is determined to complete the trip from south to north on his foot-powered scooter – and regional Aus…
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Jetstar flight forced to land in central Japan after reportedly receiving bomb threat
Footage posted to social media showed passengers disembarking via emergency slides and walking across tarmacA …
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Australian defence chief warns of rise in ‘grey-zone activities’ in Indo-Pacific region amid China tensions
Gen Angus Campbell declares Australia and Japan are bound together by ‘increasingly shared strategic challenge…
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Almost half of Australians support sending military to help defend Taiwan, poll suggests
YouGov survey finds people in Australia more likely to favour sending troops than people in Japan and USGet ou…
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Anthony Albanese and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida sign new agreement to boost security and energy ties
The updated security agreement aimed at sending a message to China will see Japanese troops train with their A…
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Albanese government to give $900m budget boost to Pacific countries
Funding will help tackle poverty and shore up security in the region and make Australia ‘more influential in t…
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Australia and Japan to share intelligence on China in security deal, ambassador says
In interview with Guardian Australia, Shingo Yamagami also hints Australia is likely to be invited to G7 summi…
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Why a brush with Japanese calligraphy was exactly what my life needed | Jennifer Wong
I find myself daydreaming about writing next week’s word, and that first contact the brush has with the paperG…
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‘Constant and reassuring’: global media reaction to the death of the Queen
New York Times says Elizabeth II ‘projected stability’; Japan’s Asahi Shimbun says she ‘cared about post-war r…