Japan

• Trump trade strategy starts with quitting TPP: White House

  Posted January 21, 2017 14:14:50 | Updated January 21, 2017 14:24:16

  The new US administration of President Donald Trump says its trade strategy to protect American jobs would start with withdrawal from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact.

  Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states, asia, australia, japan, china

• Missing Australian family found safe in Japanese mountains Video

  Video
  ABC News

  53sec

  Posted January 17, 2017 14:21:25

  An Australian woman and her three sons reported missing in Japan after failing to return from a day of skiing have been found.

  Topics: emergency-incidents, japan, australia

• Inside Cairns Marine image

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  ABC News

  Posted January 17, 2017 12:23:30

  Topics: marine-biology, conservation, great-barrier-reef, cairns-4870, japan

• Great Barrier Reef sharks, rays and fish on their way to Japan

  ABC Far North

  Adam Stephen and Mark Rigby

  Posted January 17, 2017 12:23:30

  Staff at a Queensland-based commercial aquarium prepare to send sharks, rays and fish from the Great Barrier Reef to a Japanese theme park aquarium.

  Topics: fish, marine-biology, conservation, arts-and-entertainment, great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, cairns-4870, japan

• Missing Australian family found safe at Japan ski resort

  By Japan reporter Rachel Mealey

  Posted January 17, 2017 07:51:11 | Updated January 17, 2017 14:28:17

  An Australian woman and her three sons reported missing at a Japanese ski resort after failing to return from a day of skiing are found safe and well.

  Topics: missing-person, japan, australia

• PM accuses Shorten of populism amid 'dead' TPP deal comments

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 16, 2017 13:24:08 | Updated January 16, 2017 15:59:32

  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of shallow populism and defends his pursuit of the Trans-Pacific Partnership after Mr Shorten labelled the pursuit a "waste of time".

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, foreign-affairs, world-politics, trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, turnbull-malcolm, bill-shorten, australia, united-states, japan

• Australia 'deeply disappointed' by resumption of Japanese whaling

  By political reporter Stephanie Anderson and Briana Shepherd

  Posted January 16, 2017 09:34:23 | Updated January 16, 2017 14:27:37

  The Environment Minister criticises Japan for whaling in Antarctic waters, saying the Government is opposed to "so-called 'scientific' whaling". His comments follow a weekend meeting between Malcolm Turnbull and his Japanese counterpart.

  Topics: whaling, conservation, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, australia, asia, japan

• Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru filmed allegedly in Australian waters Video

  Video
  ABC News

  14sec

  Posted January 15, 2017 18:58:33

  The Sea Shepherd conservation group has released footage allegedly showing the Japanese-registered whaling ship Nisshin Maru in Australian waters with a dead minke whale on board.

  Topics: whaling, australia, japan, perth-6000

• Japanese ship in Australian waters with whale on deck: Sea Shepherd

  By Courtney Bembridge

  Posted January 15, 2017 18:27:23 | Updated January 15, 2017 19:07:02

  The Sea Shepherd conservation group says it has caught the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru in Australian waters with a slaughtered minke whale on board.

  Topics: whaling, fremantle-6160, asia, japan

• PM should press Abe on Japanese whaling: Greens

  By Siobhan Fogarty, staff

  Posted January 15, 2017 08:32:27 | Updated January 15, 2017 12:48:21

  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull needs to do more to put an end to Japanese whaling by escalating talks with his counterpart Shinzo Abe, the Greens say.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, whaling, conservation, environment, greens, foreign-affairs, australia, japan

• Turnbull, Abe to push for TPP despite Trump scepticism

  Posted January 14, 2017 18:06:53 | Updated January 15, 2017 00:25:23

  Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe commit during bilateral talks in Sydney to pursuing the threatened Trans-Pacific Partnership and strengthening defence ties.

  Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, turnbull-malcolm, trade, australia, japan, asia

• Japan's Akihito to step down on New Year's Eve 2018: reports

  By Tokyo correspondent Rachel Mealey

  Posted January 11, 2017 18:32:28

  Japan's 83-year-old Emperor Akihito looks like having two more years in the top job before handing over to his son Crown Prince Naruhito.

  Topics: world-politics, royal-and-imperial-matters, japan, asia

• Mr Fujita's photo album: The story of one man's drive to reconcile Australia and Japan

  By Neda Vanovac

  Posted January 08, 2017 10:14:07 | Updated January 08, 2017 15:11:45

  Almost 20 years after the Japanese bombed Darwin, a Japanese crew returned to the city to salvage the ships sunk by their countrymen.

  Topics: world-war-2, community-and-society, unrest-conflict-and-war, darwin-0800, japan

• 'Be careful of gropers': Women face daily risks on Tokyo subway

  By Tokyo correspondent Rachel Mealey

  Posted January 07, 2017 07:08:46 | Updated January 07, 2017 13:43:13

  Japan is known around the world for its vast network of modern, efficient and clean trains. But train travel in some of the world's most crowded cities holds a sinister threat for women and girls who ride the rails — the risk of groping.

  Topics: sexual-offences, community-and-society, japan, asia

• Japan recalls ambassador to South Korea over comfort woman statue

  Posted January 06, 2017 18:21:37

  Japan temporarily recalls its ambassador to South Korea over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, which it says violates an agreement to resolve the issue.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, women, prostitution, foreign-affairs, world-politics, korea-republic-of, japan

• North Korea's nuclear capability 'improving', US says

  Posted January 06, 2017 14:20:11 | Updated January 06, 2017 14:52:22

  North Korea's weapons capabilities have shown a "qualitative improvement" in the past year, according to US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, nuclear-issues, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, united-states, japan, asia

• AI replacing human staff at Japanese insurance company

  Posted January 06, 2017 14:12:42

  The robot takeover has begun in Japan, where an insurance company is replacing 34 human workers with artificial intelligence in the hope of increasing productivity by 30 per cent.

  Topics: computers-and-technology, unemployment, japan

• Tuna sells for more than $860,000 at Tokyo auction

  Posted January 05, 2017 15:07:38

  A Japanese sushi chain boss bids a winning $866,000 for a 212-kilogram bluefin tuna at a Tokyo market — the second highest ever after a record $1.7 million bid in 2013.

  Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, environmental-health, environment, japan

• Story-telling a key to reconnect nuclear veterans with their past Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  6min 35sec

  Posted January 05, 2017 07:10:00 | Updated January 05, 2017 10:10:40

  Many people in the Pacific have had some kind of experience with nuclear testing or radiation - from French Polynesia to the Marshall Islands.

  Topics: nuclear-issues, history, pacific, french-polynesia, marshall-islands, australia, fiji, japan, kiribati

• The future of nuclear energy in Japan after Fukushima

  By Tokyo correspondent Rachel Mealey

  Posted January 05, 2017 06:17:38 | Updated January 05, 2017 06:38:05

  Japan is grappling with the question of whether to restart its fleet of idle nuclear reactors to meet future energy needs, nearly six years after the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, nuclear-accident, nuclear-energy, nuclear-issues, japan, asia

• Australia and the world welcome the new year with a bang. Video

  Video
  ABC News

  1min 31sec

  Posted January 01, 2017 14:16:49

  As 2016 draws to a close, revellers around the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts and deaths of legendary celebrities.

  Topics: community-and-society, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, australia, new-zealand, japan, china, united-arab-emirates, united-kingdom

• Australia and the world welcome in the New Year. Video

  Video
  ABC News

  1min 4sec

  Posted January 01, 2017 10:58:31

  As 2016 draws to a close, revellers around Australia and the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts and deaths of legendary celebrities.

  Topics: community-and-society, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, australia, new-zealand, china, japan, germany, united-arab-emirates, turkey

• 'Death Railway' survivor turns 100 against the odds

  ABC Great Southern

  By Alice Walker

  Posted January 01, 2017 09:25:04

  A WWII veteran, who survived the Thai-Burma Railway, a hell ship, and being torpedoed, turns 100.

  Topics: human-interest, world-war-2, history, older-people, community-and-society, albany-6330, japan, thailand

• Bubbles float over visitors during a New Year's Eve celebration event a Tokyo Hotel, late Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. image

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  ABC News

  Posted January 01, 2017 04:48:40

  Topics: japan

• Japanese PM says 'never again' as he visits Pearl Harbor Video

  Video
  The World

  5min

  Posted December 29, 2016 05:29:37

  Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vows that his country will never wage war again during his historic visit to Pearl Harbor.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-war-2, japan, united-states

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