Rachel Mealey
Rachel Mealey is an ABC reporter based in Japan.
Meet the man who invented emoji
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The unlikely artist behind emoji, Shigetaka Kurita, didn't have any experience in design or programming when he designed the first set of tiny icons in the late 90s.
Topics: human-interest, arts-and-entertainment, art-history, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, science-and-technology, united-states
'Mad Dog' Mattis reassures South Korea of continued US support
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US Defence Secretary James Mattis has started his first trip abroad by reassuring a key Asian ally, South Korea, of the United States' continued support.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, korea-republic-of, united-states
'Mad Dog' Mattis reassures South Korea of continued US support
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US Defence Secretary James Mattis starts his first trip abroad by reassuring a key Asian ally of the United States' continued support.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states, japan, korea-republic-of
Australian prisoner of war reconciles with Japan at Commonwealth memorial
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Ninety-seven-year-old Australian war veteran Jack Hopgood, who considers himself "one of the lucky ones", returns to Japan to confront his memories as a prisoner of war during WWII.
Topics: world-war-2, history, unrest-conflict-and-war, veterans, defence-and-national-security, japan
Japan hails first local-born sumo grand champion in 19 years
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A Japanese man is crowned grand champion in the sport of sumo for the first time in almost two decades, after being stuck in the second-highest ranking for five years.
Topics: international-competitions, japan
Missing Australian family found safe at Japan ski resort
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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
Abe to discuss trade, security in talks with Turnbull
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds informal talks with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney ahead of official engagements to discuss trade and strengthen ties within the region.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, foreign-affairs, defence-and-national-security, australia
Japan's Akihito to step down on New Year's Eve 2018: reports
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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
'Be careful of gropers': Women face daily risks on Tokyo subway
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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
The future of nuclear energy in Japan after Fukushima
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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
Time can't heal wounds of 95yo Japanese war veteran
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While Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning a historic visit to Pearl Harbor, one 95-year-old Japanese WWII veteran remains angry his young life was wasted.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, world-politics, foreign-affairs, world-war-2, community-and-society, japan
Fukushima nuclear clean-up, compensation costs nearly double
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The total cost of decommissioning the stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima and providing compensation to victims nearly doubles, with a new estimate placing the cost at $250 billion.
Topics: nuclear-accident, nuclear-energy, disasters-and-accidents, science-and-technology, japan
Hot tubs and puffer fish: Putin meets with Japan's PM
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A long-awaited meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been dubbed the "onsen summit", but whether a Japanese hot tub will heal the nation's rifts remains to be seen, writes ABC reporter Rachel Mealey.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, japan
Japanese Parliament passes bill to lift ban on casinos
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A bill to lift a ban on casinos passes through the lower house of the Japanese Parliament bringing the country one step closer towards legalising casinos.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, gambling, community-and-society, japan, asia
'They treated me like a germ': plight of Fukushima evacuees
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The plight of a schoolboy from Fukushima focuses attention in Japan on the problem of bullying in schools.
Topics: bullying, schools, education, disasters-and-accidents, human-interest, japan
Japanese PM meets with Trump in New York 'courtesy call'
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe becomes the first foreign leader to shake Donald Trump's hand since the US election, in a meeting at Trump Tower attended by the President-elect's daughter, Ivanka.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, apec-economic-leaders-meeting, united-states, japan
Hokusai paintings discovered in the Netherlands
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A Dutch art historian says he has discovered evidence that six unattributed paintings held in storage in a museum in the Netherlands were actually painted by the famed Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Topics: art-history, visual-art, japan
Wayne Gardner released from custody in Japan
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Former motorcycle world champion Wayne Gardner is released from custody in Japan after being accused of assaulting three men during a road rage incident.
Topics: sport, motor-sports, law-crime-and-justice, japan, australia
Wayne Gardner still in Japanese custody after 12 days over assault
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Former world Grand Prix champion Wayne Gardner is still being held in Japanese custody after 12 days, officials say, after being accused of assaulting three men during a road rage incident.
Topics: sport, motor-sports, law-crime-and-justice, japan, asia, australia
Motorcycle great Wayne Gardner being held in Japanese police cell
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Former world champion Wayne Gardner will not be watching this weekend's Moto2 GP at Phillip Island, as he remains in a police cell in Japan.
Topics: sport, motor-sports, japan, australia
Wayne Gardner's son released from jail after alleged scuffle in Japan
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Former motorcycling great Wayne Gardner's son Remy is released from jail and is free to leave Japan, local police confirm.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, motor-sports, sport, japan, australia
Tokyo 2020 Olympic planning on hold to prevent cost blowout
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The organisation of the Tokyo Olympic Games has been put on hold, while the newly elected Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike goes through the books to try to prevent a cost blowout.
Topics: olympics-summer, foreign-affairs, sport, japan
Wayne Gardner held in police cell after alleged scuffle at Japanese racetrack
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Former motorcycle world champion Wayne Gardner remains in a police cell in the town of Shimotsuke, where he was taken after an alleged scuffle at the Motegi racetrack on Sunday.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, motor-sports, sport, japan, australia
Motorcycling legend Gardner questioned over alleged Japanese road rage incident
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Australian motorcycling champion Wayne Gardner is questioned by police in Japan over an alleged road rage incident.
Topics: motor-sports, sport, japan
More Japanese women being forced into porn, report finds
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More and more young women in Japan are being forced against their will to appear in pornographic videos every year, a new report finds.
Topics: women, pornography, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, japan
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