Trump redux a clear and present challenge to our foreign policy

Trump redux a clear and present challenge to our foreign policy

The problem facing Australia’s foreign policy under another Donald Trump presidency? Many of his utterances seem shaped by 1950s American daytime games shows.

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What most visitors miss on Kyoto’s bucket-list trail

What most visitors miss on Kyoto’s bucket-list trail

Kyoto could easily entrap you in bucket-list busyness. Rush and you’ll wonder what the fuss is about.

  • byBrian Johnston
Newly built Tokyo units to be demolished for obscuring Mt Fuji view

Newly built Tokyo units to be demolished for obscuring Mt Fuji view

The 10-storey apartment building on Fujimi Street – which translates to “Fuji view” – has 18 housing units ranging from $670,000 to nearly $1million.

  • bySarah Hilton andMia Glass
Perth now one of hardest cities in the world to find a rental
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Perth now one of hardest cities in the world to find a rental

Exclusive data shows Perth has one of the most diabolical rental vacancy rates in the developed world – but there are signs the situation may be about to ease.

  • bySarah Brookes
Two of Australia’s great artists lead exhibition full of echoes

Two of Australia’s great artists lead exhibition full of echoes

Cutting Through Time explores affinities between Cressida Campbell,Margaret Preston,and Japanese printmakers.

  • byJohn McDonald
Sightseeing in Japan wasn’t enough for me,so I tried this

Sightseeing in Japan wasn’t enough for me,so I tried this

Taiko-Lab is up a narrow flight of stairs inside a scruffy office building on a scruffy back street in Kyoto.

  • byBrian Johnston
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Named and shamed:The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia
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Named and shamed:The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia

It was an eventful meeting of some of the world’s leading finance ministers at a resort town in Italy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Win one of five 16-day Japan holidays

Win one of five 16-day Japan holidays

Readers have the chance to win an Inspiring Vacations “Unforgettable Japan” tour,plus return flights for two.

Five of the world’s best new (or revamped) train journeys

Five of the world’s best new (or revamped) train journeys

A new version of the Orient Express,an extended Australian epic and high-speed trip through South-East Asia are some of the highlights.

  • byTim Richards
Five exciting new cruise routes will take you to truly unusual places

Five exciting new cruise routes will take you to truly unusual places

From ice-encrusted mountains to jungle-clad volcanoes,glamorous Asian cities to the remotest settlements,here are five of the most tempting new cruise routes.

  • byBrian Johnston
These six transformative trips will enrich your mind and body

These six transformative trips will enrich your mind and body

Much-needed time out is even better in an exotic location. If you’re in need of some cup-filling,you can’t go wrong with these revitalising journeys.

  • byJulietta Jameson