When Japanese balloons menaced American skies during World War II

When Japanese balloons menaced American skies during World War II

The brouhaha over the suspected Chinese spy balloon this week has stirred up memories of Japan’s effort to bring World War II to the United States mainland with bomb-bearing balloons.

  • byKathryn Tolbert

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Former Greens candidate banned from getting visitors at Japanese jail
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Former Greens candidate banned from getting visitors at Japanese jail

The Indigenous leader Donna Nelson was allegedly found with up to two kilograms of drugs at Narita airport. Her family say she was duped by a Nigerian love scammer.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andMarta Pascual Juanola
Kyoto,Japan,travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Kyoto,Japan,travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Historic Kyoto is home to some of Japan's most magnificent gardens.

  • byUte Junker
‘Elitism and segregation’:Without a coherent policy,schools are left in sector-driven fiasco
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Letters

‘Elitism and segregation’:Without a coherent policy,schools are left in sector-driven fiasco

Harmony in the broader community comes from integration,exposure to diversity and a breaking down of barriers,all learnt at public schools.

ONE@Tokyo review:This striking hotel does Japanese ultra-minimalism brilliantly

ONE@Tokyo review:This striking hotel does Japanese ultra-minimalism brilliantly

This hotel's pick-up-sticks facade,a jumble of lumber bolted together to evoke a forest,stops me in my tracks.

  • byLouise Southerden
A note from Tokyo:Marvels,imperfections,contradictions,Japan in 2023

A note from Tokyo:Marvels,imperfections,contradictions,Japan in 2023

Japan’s public face is clean,efficient and progressive. Internally,it is bureaucratic and conservative.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
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Cargo ship carrying 22 crew sinks off Japan,two rescued crew members die
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Cargo ship carrying 22 crew sinks off Japan,two rescued crew members die

Two crew members from 14 rescued from a cargo ship that sank of southwestern Japan early on Wednesday have died,the coast guard said.

  • byKim Tong-Hyung andMari Yamaguchi
Guide to travelling on shinkansen:Why Japan's bullet trains are the world's best way to travel

Guide to travelling on shinkansen:Why Japan's bullet trains are the world's best way to travel

Hunt around,prod and poke every corner of the travelling world,and see if you can come up with a better way to get from A to B than a train in Japan.

  • byBen Groundwater
Former Greens candidate arrested in Japan a victim of Nigerian love scam,family says

Former Greens candidate arrested in Japan a victim of Nigerian love scam,family says

Prominent Indigenous health advocate and former Greens candidate Donna Nelson was groomed by a Nigerian love scammer for two years before she was arrested for suspected drug trafficking at an airport near Tokyo,her family says.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Pacific islands urge Japan to delay release of nuclear plant waste water

Pacific islands urge Japan to delay release of nuclear plant waste water

Seventeen island nations argue the release of the water could have a major impact on the fishing grounds they rely on.

  • byKirsty Needham
China’s population peak a challenge for world economy
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China

China’s population peak a challenge for world economy

The message for Australia could not be clearer. We must hedge our bets and seek out other export markets.

  • byThe Herald's View