This fee-free ‘wellness journey’ provides plenty of health benefits

This fee-free ‘wellness journey’ provides plenty of health benefits

You can get a free wellness experience simply by wandering into a forest,where Mother Nature provides plenty of health benefits,and all for free.

  • byBrian Johnston

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Sipping the world’s oldest (and most expensive) sake

Sipping the world’s oldest (and most expensive) sake

He pours small samples of this deeply yellow,treacle-like liquid and we raise it to our lips to experience the wonder. This is like a poem,written almost 50 years ago,that is only just being read.

  • byBen Groundwater
The US dollar has become a big problem for the world
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The US dollar has become a big problem for the world

The surging US dollar is setting off alarm bells as it smashes the Australian dollar and other major currencies.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘UFO town’:Japanese city a hotspot,says new Pentagon website

‘UFO town’:Japanese city a hotspot,says new Pentagon website

A map released by a US-related agency shows where the most sightings have been recorded using data from between 1996 and 2023.

  • byTony Diver
Tensions build over little-known islands Russia seized off Japan’s coast

Tensions build over little-known islands Russia seized off Japan’s coast

The dispute over the area,which the Soviet Union seized late in World War Two,has prevented Tokyo and Moscow from reaching a peace treaty formally ending hostilities.

  • byLidia Kelly
Typhoon trifecta churns towards Philippines,Hong Kong,China mainland

Typhoon trifecta churns towards Philippines,Hong Kong,China mainland

A super typhoon and two tropical storms have prompted authorities in Asia to close schools,cancel flights and trains,and sandbag residential areas.

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Japan ponders custody changes as Australia sends Hogwarts-style letters to abducted kids

Japan ponders custody changes as Australia sends Hogwarts-style letters to abducted kids

Parents of abducted children say Japan’s proposed changes do not go far enough.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
China bans Japanese seafood as Fukushima water release begins

China bans Japanese seafood as Fukushima water release begins

The polarising move to start dumping the treated radioactive water also prompted the arrest of several people who tried to invade the Japanese embassy in Seoul.

  • bySakura Murakami
Fukushima power plant to release radioactive water into ocean

Fukushima power plant to release radioactive water into ocean

The UN nuclear watchdog approved the plan in July,saying that the impact it would have on people and the environment was negligible.

  • bySakura Murakami andTom Bateman
Japan ready to release radioactive wastewater into Pacific Ocean

Japan ready to release radioactive wastewater into Pacific Ocean

Water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant is expected to be released into the ocean this month,but officials have not announced an exact date.

  • byMari Yamaguchi
New hotline:US,SKorea,Japan in new 3-way alliance to contain China

New hotline:US,SKorea,Japan in new 3-way alliance to contain China

US President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan have made their strongest joint condemnation yet of “dangerous and aggressive behaviour” by Beijing.

  • byTrevor Hunnicutt,David Brunnstrom andHyonhee Shin