Japan
‘Barbenheimer’ memes trigger backlash in Japan, scene of real atomic explosions
One critical posting said many victims who died under the mushroom clouds were children the same age as those playing with Barbie dolls.
- by Mari Yamaguchi
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Art is a way of life in Japan’s answer to Florence
Ishikawa prefecture is known for attracting the most talented artisans in the country, in a culture of creation that dates back centuries.
- by Ben Groundwater
Opinion
Interest rates
The world is watching Japan very closely
What the Bank of Japan does matters for all of us. So Friday’s surprise announcement by its governor sent a jolt through markets and left them wondering what is next.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Zen, with a little help from a club-wielding monk
The threat of violence has a way of focusing the mind. And this Japanese mountain temple offers enlightenment through an “awakening stick”.
- by Ben Groundwater
Japan’s capital of reinvention has a bamboozling spate of new attractions
Tokyo is an exhausting but exhilarating place to visit. Its glamour, organisation and startling contrasts provide the ultimate Japanese experience.
- by Brian Johnston
Japan’s hidden islands a paradise for locavores
Culture and great food merge on these spectacular isles.
- by Ute Junker
Opinion
Food and wine
The one secret about Japan that travel writers don’t want you to know
Your ticket to eating and drinking at all the best establishments in a country that can be famously difficult to navigate comes down to one word.
- by Ben Groundwater
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Extreme weather
Europe’s summer holiday threatened by fires as US, South Korea flood
The UN’s weather body reports new temperature records across the northern hemisphere – and parts of the Mediterranean will grow hotter still.
- by Lucy Cormack
‘Trusting partners’: Australia bids to settle feud with Japan over gas
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reinforced Australia’s energy commitment to Japan after an official in Tokyo said relations could be undermined by Labor’s climate policy.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
Teen tourist carves name into 1200-year-old temple
According to police, a 17-year-old Canadian used his fingernail to carve “J” and “Julian” into a pillar of Japan’s Toshodaiji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- by Natalie B. Compton and Julia Mio Inuma
Opinion
Inside China
China’s mistakes could cost Australia dearly
China’s economic authorities have a problem. It is in everyone’s interests, particularly Australia’s, that they find a solution.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz