Ex-foreign minister Fumio Kishida to become Japan’s next prime minister
The establishment candidate defeated popular favourite Taro Kono to take the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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Tszyu locks in Japan’s world-ranked Takeshi Inoue as next opponent
Tim Tszyu could have sat back and waited for his guaranteed title shot, but will instead face Japan’s world-rated Takeshi Inoue in Australia in November.
Konshens Reveals What He Learned From Cardi B After Their Collab
Konshens says collaborating with Cardi B taught him something important as an artiste. Since 2005 Konshens has been churning out the hits. He built a significant fanbase in Japan before […]
Warren Buffett’s $US6b bet on Japan has paid off
Warren Buffett shocked Tokyo markets last August with a $US6 billion bet on the country’s five largest trading houses. One year on, his investments are paying off.
Japanese foreign affairs chair wants more pressure on Beijing 2022
Makoto Nagamine said Japan also has serious concerns about human rights violations in Xinjiang as calls for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics mount.
Japan calls on Australia to lead resistance to China’s regional sway
Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi has warned China’s clout is backed by force and coercion, and it is trying to make its dominance “into a fait accompli”.
The debt owed to Japan for a Games that exhilarated the world but shut them out
Celebrate the athletes, wonder at the sportsmanship, but never forget the sacrifices Tokyo made for an Olympics the world needed but they couldn’t attend.
Chinese ban on Taiwan’s pineapple backfires as Japan comes to the rescue
“The bleeding was stopped before it even began,” said a happy Taiwanese official, as export orders soared in the wake of the Chinese ban on the fruit.
Japan counts cost of the Games we all needed
As the Tokyo Games come to a close, we couldn’t have asked for more from these Olympics.
Japan must learn from Australia’s COVID strategy: opposition leader
The man who wants to replace the Japanese PM next month says no amount of Olympic gold would compensate for “putting the lives of the Japanese people” at risk.
Matildas harnessing pain of unlucky loss as secret weapon against US
The Matildas are determined to leave Japan with a bronze medal in their third-place play-off against the USA on Thursday, says coach Tony Gustavsson.
Japan tops 10,000 coronavirus cases per day
Hospitals are now filling up in Tokyo with half of all beds already occupied and three more prefectures hosting events are going into a state of emergency.
Flying colours: Aussie women’s sevens team make thumping Olympic return
The Rio 2016 champions opened their campaign in Tokyo with a dazzling 48-0 rout of Japan on Thursday morning and a 26-10 carve-up of China in the evening.
Triple threat: Japan and its leader face tropical, COVID and political storms
Tokyo is staring at a typhoon, searing heat and a record number of daily infections. Its Prime Minister is facing a different storm.
Older, slower, weaker: Olympics puts further pressure on Japan’s spluttering economy
Instead of boosting the struggling Japanese economy, the 32nd Olympiad could set the country back even further.
The 13-year-old who made history with gold for Japan
Nishiya Momiji, the pocket rocket from Osaka, has given Japan a new national hero and one of two golds from skateboarding events.
Tokyo Games and Naomi Osaka lay bare Japan’s cultural reckoning
The choice of the mixed-race national icon for the lighting of the cauldron threw the spotlight on the intersection of three of Japan’s great unspokens – racism, sexism and discrimination.
Australia bring out baby oil in bid to beat heat in men’s sevens
Wales did it at the 2019 Rugby World Cup and now Australia have implemented a left-field training method to combat Japan’s humidity and rain.
Typhoon the latest threat to Tokyo Olympics
Tropical storm Nepartak has formed south-east of Japan and could make landfall north of Tokyo early next week, worrying forecasters. But surfers are not too unhappy.
Kookaburras overcome plucky Japan in opener
The hosts had led at half-time before the Australians regained their composure.
Japan’s clean energy push a threat to Australian coal, LNG exports
Australia’s producers of gas and thermal coal are facing growing uncertainty in their biggest market.
‘Hoping for a good news story in Tokyo’
VIDEO: They are the Olympics five years in the making. Our journalists on the ground in Japan reflect on what makes these Games so memorable and what they’re most looking […]
‘They eat and breathe softball’: Australia take centre stage in Olympic opener
Softball might seem like an unpopular choice to open the Games, but the sport’s status in Japan is a far cry from the situation in Australia.
Jingoistic posturing out of China hasn’t sent the usual Olympic message
A friendly voice from across the Sea of Japan last week threatened a nuclear attack on the Olympic host country.
US points finger at China over Microsoft Exchange email hack
Australia joined Britain, Canada, the EU, Japan and New Zealand in the condemnation of China in the first such statement from NATO publicly targeting Beijing for cybercrimes.
Leishman and Smith quietly confident of medal success
Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman will arrive in Japan next week with double motivation to go for gold after they left the British Open in England with regrets.
Shameful for Palaszczuk to consider Tokyo trip for Olympic bid
It would be reprehensible if the Queensland Premier attended an IOC session in Japan while calling for the number of arrivals into Australia to be slashed.
Socceroos face Japan in tough World Cup qualification draw
Australia were pitted against the top team from all but one pot in a difficult draw for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Japan’s emperor ‘concerned’ about Tokyo Olympics going ahead
Emperor Naruhito’s warning will embarrass the government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but it has come too late to cause a change of heart among organisers.
Muscat poised to replace Postecoglou as coach in Japan’s top flight
Kevin Muscat is set to give Australian coaching another boost with a move to Japan’s top division, replacing ex-Socceroo mentor Ange Postecoglou at Yokohama Marinos.