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Lee Jae-myung on the campaign trail this week.

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

  • Lisa Visentin

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The sun is out but the snow is deep.

Swallowed by white, this is a different sort of hike

In Japan, but not for skiing, it’s amazing what comes into focus when you’re entirely swallowed by white.

  • Steve Madgwick
“Our country’s fiscal situation is undoubtedly extremely poor, worse than Greece’s”: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba..

‘Worse than Greece’: Japan’s bond vortex sends a global warning

Donald Trump’s tariff blitz hasn’t just started a rollercoaster for shares. Weak demand at Japanese bond auctions is similar to what’s been occurring in other sovereign debt markets.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
In Japan, the price on the menu is the price you pay.

The place where tourist scams and rip-offs don’t exist

To travel in the rest of the world is to be on your guard, wondering if you’re paying too much or being taken advantage of. That doesn’t happen here.

  • Ben Groundwater
The Future I Saw predicts a tsunami will hit Japan in July this year.

Asian tourist numbers to Japan are plummeting. A comic book is to blame

Holiday bookings to Japan from key Asian markets have plunged as a dire prediction made in a graphic novel goes viral on social media.

Simple ingredients create something amazing.

‘We cherish everything’: How the Japanese make perfect drinks

This is a country in which every art form and indeed every practice in life is taken seriously, with patience and skill applied to their perfection.

  • Ben Groundwater
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Russian S8000 Banderol missile

Revealed: Russia’s new ‘mini-Frankenstein’ missile that is terrorising Ukraine

Experts stripped down one of the lightweight, low-cost weapons and discovered a swag of foreign-manufactured components, including one possibly from Australia.

  • Iona Cleave
The anime avatar used by anonymous Japanese pop star Ado.

She’s one of Asia’s biggest stars – but nobody knows who she is

Platinum-selling Japanese singer Ado, who is touring Australia this month, keeps her identity a secret, even when she performs live.

  • Kylie Northover
Woman in a kimono walking in the Higashi Chaya district of Kanazawa, Japan.

Japan’s next big thing is already popular, but many miss its highlights

On a self-guided tour through “little Kyoto”, I’m experiencing things that most tourists miss.

  • Kylie McLaughlin
Many package itineraries start in Tokyo before exploring other parts of the country.

How to do Japan better than the rest, according to an expert

Our expert reveals her ultimate two-week itinerary around the Land of the Rising Sun.

  • Danielle Demetriou

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