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Beauden Barrett, seen during the 2023 Rugby World Cup, will play at flyhalf for the All Blacks against Australia on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 26, 2024
All Blacks recall Beauden Barrett at flyhalf for showdown with Australia
"He's a great conductor," coach Scott Robertson said of Barrett, a World Cup winner in 2015 who will play his 131st test.
French riot police take position as part of a demonstration by dockers during the inauguration of the first French offshore floating wind turbine, Floatgen, in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France, in 2017.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Sep 24, 2024
Offshore wind opponents in Australia and Europe look to U.S. for advice
Many hope they can transform what was once a disorganized scattering of local activists into an increasingly sophisticated global network.
Tony Popovic, the newly appointed head coach of Australia's national soccer team, speaks during a news conference in Sydney on Monday.
SOCCER
Sep 24, 2024
New Socceroos coach Popovic confident he can rescue World Cup campaign
Australia's World Cup qualification is hanging in the balance, with a must-win home game against China on Oct. 10 before a tough away clash in Japan.
An aircraft operated by Singapore Airlines takes off at Sydney Airport on Aug. 27. A trial that started last month in Asia makes it a reality to shave precious minutes off hourslong trips, depending upon what route a pilot chooses to take.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Sep 23, 2024
How shortcuts across the skies can make flights greener: Q&A
In a trial of user-preferred routing, several airlines in Asia can take shortcuts on 38 routes to save time and fuel.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian leader Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden look on during an event at the Quadrilateral Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2024
Australia backs easing of China's ban on Japan fishery products
The leaders of Japan and Australia agreed to enhance their countries' cooperation on economic security and affirmed the importance of expanding youth exchanges.
A China Coast Guard ship (left) collides with the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua near the Sabina Shoal, in disputed waters of the South China Sea, on Aug. 31.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 22, 2024
'Quad' cements ties with coast guard patrols amid China concerns
China has long objected to the Quad, calling it part of a concerted effort to encircle and contain Beijing.
Maritime Self-Defense Force explosive ordinance disposal technicians deploy a Remus 100 unmanned underwater vehicle to conduct mine hunting operations in Southern California during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in July 2018.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2024
Japan maritime drone tech to feature heavily in AUKUS tie-up
AUKUS leaders have stated the group’s intention to “leverage Japan’s deep technical expertise,” but provided no timeline as to when the tie-up begins.
Commuters sit at a cafe in Sydney on Feb. 26.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 11, 2024
Over a third of Australians say they’ll never be able to retire
Australia’s proportion of retirees is expected to surge from 8% today to 19% over the next 40 years.
Australia has been at the forefront of global efforts to regulate social media platforms, with its online safety watchdog bumping heads notably with Elon Musk's X.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 10, 2024
Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media
The minimum age for children to log into sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok is expected to be between 14 and 16 years.
An aircraft operated by Qantas Airways outside a maintenance facility at Sydney Airport on Aug. 27
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 9, 2024
Australian airports face the worst climate-change risks
The findings of climate change impacting Australia's airports are a warning to aviation infrastructure owners worldwide.
Liquor store P&V Wine + Liquor Merchants owner Louise Dowling
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2024
Cash-strapped consumers are giving Australia's liquor makers a headache
Australia's alcohol industry is in its sharpest downturn in memory as more people cut back on discretionary spending and turn to healthier ways to relax.
Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (left), Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (center left), Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (center right) and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles gather for their two-plus-two meeting in Queenscliff, Australia, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 5, 2024
Japan and Australia look to closer cooperation to deter China
The quasi-allies have committed to coordinate their national security policies “more closely than ever before.”
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2024
Australia firms should invest in Southeast Asia, foreign minister says
Southeast Asia is expected to be the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2040 with an expanding population.
The challenge for Australia’s Indigenous communities that dot a harsh, sprawling landmass is how to mesh their thousands of years of cultural traditions that guide everyday life with today’s economic realities.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2024
60,000 years of history is facing economic reality
Both big business and governments have a role to play to improve the lives of Australia’s First Nations citizens.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Pacific island leaders have agreed to establish up to four regional police training centers and a multinational crisis reaction force.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2024
Pacific island leaders 'endorse' joint policing plan
The policing plan is seen as an attempt to limit China's security role in the region amid Beijing's efforts to build Pacific influence.
A student walks across campus at the University of Sydney.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 27, 2024
Australia decides to cap foreign students in bid to curb migration
Australia is just the latest country to crack down on international students over migration concerns.
Daiwa Securities' renewed push in Australia comes as Chief Executive Officer Akihiko Ogino seeks to increase income from outside Japan by about 40% in the next few years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2024
Daiwa plans foray into Australian farm loans and real estate
The firm wants to continue its focus on lending and advisory in the clean energy space, leveraging its five staff in Sydney and Melbourne.
A passenger ferry sails toward Sydney Harbor on Aug. 9. Employees in Australia, in most cases, cannot be punished for refusing to read or respond to contacts from their employers outside work hours, thanks to a new law.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2024
Australian workers gain right to ignore work emails and calls after hours
A new "right to disconnect" law is designed to curb the creep of work communications into personal lives.
Raygun competes in the women's breaking competition at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9.
OLYMPICS / Breaking
Aug 16, 2024
Australia's Raygun says Olympic backlash 'devastating'
Rachael Gunn, a 36-year-old Sydney university lecturer who competed as Raygun, has been ridiculed by some and cheered by others for her unique performance in Paris.
Students at the University of British Columbia during the first week of classes in Vancouver, Canada
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2024
Global immigration crackdown ensnares students studying abroad
Aggregate visa data for the first quarter of 2024 showed volumes to the U.K., Canada and Australia down between 20% and 30% from a year earlier.
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
Russia has a secret war drones project in China, intel sources say
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a drone production facility of the the Special Technology Center in St. Petersburg on Sept. 19.
As Onosato dominates the spotlight, former sumo stars exit the stage
Takakeisho during a one-day tournament at Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020
Japan MSDF warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time
The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami arrives in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean during a scheduled port visit in July. The Sazanami became the first Japanese warship to sail through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday.
Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine striking Russia
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council on the subject of nuclear deterrence in Moscow on Wednesday.
A first look inside the new Nintendo Museum
The Nintendo Museum opens to the public on Oct. 2, but unlike the company's all-ages games, the new attraction may be geared more toward older rather than younger gamers.
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
People of all ages and sizes scale new heights amid climbing boom in Japan
A climbing wall at a kindergarten in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. The sport has been on the rise in Japan, mainly due to the popularity it gained from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and new climbing walls are popping all over the place.
In need of rice and some Japanese words that describe necessity
A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, last month.
Does Sanae Takaichi have a real shot at becoming Japan's first female leader?
Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, speaks during a debate in Tokyo on Sept. 14.

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A woman passes an "akichi" (vacant lot) in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The capital is littered with such small lots in part because of Japan's aging and shrinking population.
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