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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (left) and her Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, visit the Canberra Nara Peace Park in Canberra on May 4.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 11, 2026
Takaichi’s Golden Week diplomacy: a cheat sheet
The prime minister’s administration used the lull in domestic politics to advance its “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” strategy across Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi waves as she departs a Royal Australian Air Force base in Canberra on May 5, after a three-day official visit.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 10, 2026
Was Japan’s recent Golden Week diplomatic offensive effective, let alone ‘strategic’?
Prime Ministger Takaichi risks continuing a pattern of compressed, opportunistic diplomacy — busy, but not always effective.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Mogami-class stealth frigate JS Mikuma at Yokosuka naval base
JAPAN
May 7, 2026
New Zealand eyes Japan and U.K. warships as frigate replacements
New Zealand is weighing the purchase of advanced warships to modernize its aging fleet and bolster its defense capability.
Campaign signs depicting One Nation candidate David Farley and controversial former Australian Army officer Ben Roberts-Smith are displayed outside a pre-polling center ahead of a by-election in Albury, Australia, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 7, 2026
As Trump-adjacent populism surges in Australia, wealthy donors join in
Encouraged by Australia’s richest person, some of the country’s wealthiest donors are shifting support from the conservative establishment to an anti-immigration outsider party.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lays flowers at a monument for the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Canberra on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 6, 2026
Takaichi aims to boost diplomacy through revamp of her mentor’s policies
The prime minister has vowed to continue former leader Shinzo Abe’s diplomatic approach during her latest tour of Vietnam and Australia.
Sheina Gutnick, whose father was killed in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, speaks to the media on Monday after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2026
Australia begins hearings into Bondi Beach attack and rising antisemitism
Witnesses from ⁠the Jewish community told the public inquiry into December’s mass shooting that they felt unsafe amid rising hostility since the start of the war in Gaza.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speak at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2026
Takaichi visits Australia to bolster economic and defense ties
The Japanese prime minister met with her Australian counterpart, concluding agreements on economic and energy security, as well as defense, minerals and cyber partnerships.
Smoke rises at Parafield Airport, after a small plane crashed into an airport hangar, in Adelaide, Australia, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2026
Two dead, including one Japanese, after light plane crash in South Australia
The aircraft crashed into a hangar at Parafield Airport during a training flight, killing the Japanese learner pilot and the Australian instructor on board.
Brenton Tarrant, the man charged over the 2019 shootings at two Christchurch mosques, stands in the dock during his appearance at the Christchurch District Court on March 16, 2019. On Thursday, Tarrant lost his appeal that sought to overturn his conviction and sentence.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2026
New Zealand mosque shooter’s bid to appeal convictions denied by court
The Court of Appeal’s decision means the appeal process is now at an end.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi greets his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2026
Australia and Japan tighten regional energy security coordination amid Mideast crisis
Foreign Minister Penny Wong highlighted the need for boosted cooperation following talks in Tokyo with Japan’s ministers for trade, economic security and foreign affairs.
Japan coach Eddie Jones watches his team warm up before a match against France in Saint-Denis, France, in November 2024.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 23, 2026
Eddie Jones wants citizens of Rugby World Cup host city to rally around Japan
Jones ​did not rule out Japan setting up its World Cup ​base in Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port.
The Reserve Bank of Australia building in Sydney
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 22, 2026
Reserve Bank of Australia monitoring Anthropic’s Mythos AI over cyberattack fears
Anthropic has said Mythos can identify and exploit vulnerabilities “in every major operating system and every major web browser when directed by a user.”
A mock model of an upgraded Type-12 missile made by Japan is displayed during the DSEI Japan security show at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba in May last year.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2026
Partners line up for arms deals as Japan opens defense industry door
“A number of countries” have approached Tokyo with “expressions of interest and various needs” about Japanese defense equipment, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said.
Gout Gout celebrates after winning the 100m final at the Australian Athletics Junior Championships at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Apr 21, 2026
Bolt hopes Australian sprint sensation Gout has strong support system
Gout Gout has earned comparisons ‌with ‌the Jamaican sprinting great and the ​18-year-old is already being talked about in Australia as a potential gold medalist at Brisbane ⁠2032.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi pose for a photo after the signing of the contract for Japan to deliver the first three Mogami-class warships to Australia, in Melbourne on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2026
Japan seals largest-ever defense contract with frigate sale to Australia
Tokyo will supply Australia with the first three of a planned fleet of 11 new warships in a deal that highlights the progress of Japan’s defense industry over the past decade.
Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles gestures on board HMAS Canberra, ahead of a biennial maritime exercise in Sydney in March.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2026
Australia targets 3% defense spending amid drone warfare shift
Canberra aims to realize its biggest ever spending increase in peacetime by 2033.
Pedestrians cross Enghelab Square in Tehran, near a billboard showing Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, in the Iranian capital on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2026
The Indo-Pacific price of a hasty war with Tehran
The allies are not abandoning the U.S.; they are recoiling from a war that lacks a defined strategy.
An oil tanker off the shore of Singapore on March 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 12, 2026
Australia turns to Asia for fuel and security as U.S. distracted
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ministers have been in close contact with key Asian trading partners in order to maintain fuel shipments amid global supply disruptions.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, shake hands during a joint news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 9, 2026
Japan and Australia warn against Indo-Pacific ‘security vacuum’ amid global crises
At talks this week, the Japanese and Australian defense chiefs delivered a clear message: crises elsewhere — including in the Middle East — must not come at the expense of Asia.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles speaks during a meeting with defense chief Shinjiro Koizumi at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2026
Japan and Australia eye joint missile and drone production amid U.S. stockpile concerns
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said the shifting geostrategic environment is driving the quasi-allies to rethink how they cooperate on arms production.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly creating a malicious program and canceling subscription accounts on the Bandai Channel.
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Long-stalled maglev line finally gets green light from Shizuoka Prefecture
Environmental concerns relating to the construction of Central Japan Railway’s high-speed maglev line had contributed to years of delays for the project.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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