Holidaying with a teen? You’ll love this country (we did)

Holidaying with a teen? You’ll love this country (we did)

Japan,it turns out,is the ideal destination for high school boys because it offers that most precious of commodities:freedom.

  • byCatherine Keenan

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Train review:What’s not to love about a Japanese bullet train?
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Train review:What’s not to love about a Japanese bullet train?

The scenery is spectacular,the carriage warm and comfortable,the food top-notch,and the arrival – in a not-exactly-shocking turn of events – is bang on time.

  • byBen Groundwater
Visiting a shrine in Japan is a way to press pause on your busy life

Visiting a shrine in Japan is a way to press pause on your busy life

The chief reason to visit a Shinto shrine is for lovely tranquillity amid the crowded clamour of Japan.

  • byBrian Johnston
Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident

Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident

A new video has emerged of the violent altercation which led to fallen Opals star Liz Cambage leaving the Australian Opals on the eve of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

  • byJon Pierik
‘Extremely painful’:Canberra calls for action from Tokyo on Japan’s abducted children

‘Extremely painful’:Canberra calls for action from Tokyo on Japan’s abducted children

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said they wanted children to be reunited with their Australian families.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Japan slice up Norway to book place in quarter-finals,Spain progress

Japan slice up Norway to book place in quarter-finals,Spain progress

Norway only had themselves to blame for their round of 16 exit,making awful defensive blunders in both halves.

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Australia escalates diplomatic campaign against Japanese child abductions

Australia escalates diplomatic campaign against Japanese child abductions

In Japan,Australian parents live with the daily fear of their partner taking their children. The Australian government has stepped up its campaign for Japan to reform its family law system.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
10 things we’ll never understand about Japan

10 things we’ll never understand about Japan

We all love Japan but,no matter how many times we visit,some things will always remain a puzzle.

  • byBrian Johnston
‘Barbenheimer’ memes trigger backlash in Japan,scene of real atomic explosions

‘Barbenheimer’ memes trigger backlash in Japan,scene of real atomic explosions

One critical posting said many victims who died under the mushroom clouds were children the same age as those playing with Barbie dolls.

  • byMari Yamaguchi
Art is a way of life in Japan’s answer to Florence

Art is a way of life in Japan’s answer to Florence

Ishikawa prefecture is known for attracting the most talented artisans in the country,in a culture of creation that dates back centuries.

  • byBen Groundwater
The world is watching Japan very closely

The world is watching Japan very closely

What the Bank of Japan does matters for all of us. So Friday’s surprise announcement by its governor sent a jolt through markets and left them wondering what is next.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz