A child of Hiroshima,Fumio Kishida is using some of his domestic political capital to expand Japan’s mark on the world.
Alex Shorey has thanked supporters after a crowdfunded evacuation capped off a weeks-long ordeal that saw police question the sole suspect,a female friend.
The description is now on track to be endorsed by the leaders of the world’s seven largest advanced economies in May.
Beijing’s increasing aggression towards the Philippines,Japan and Taiwan points to an administration intent on flexing its regional muscle.
The classified version of the defence strategic review examined what would happen if Beijing had a permanent military foothold in a neighbouring Pacific nation.
A sick Australian student will be flown home from Taiwan for specialist medical care after apparently ingesting what is believed to be rat poison.
The decommissioned navy corvette was sacrificed during war games that involved 17,600 troops,including more than 100 Australians.
The outspoken envoy accused his Chinese counterpart of launching a character assassination against him and rejected suggestions his tenure had been cut short.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says China should be clear on the intent behind its military expansion because “secrecy can only increase the risk of tragic miscalculation”.
The US treasury secretary made her remarks amid heightened tensions and pessimism in the US-China relationship over national security issues,including Taiwan.
The foreign minister used her press club speech to hit out at critics who take “self-satisfied potshots” at the US,but attracted more criticism from Paul Keating.