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Young passengers use their smartphones in a train near Central Station in Sydney on Nov. 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 10, 2025
Australia begins enforcing teen social media ban in world-first crackdown
Canberra says unprecedented measures are needed to protect children from “predatory algorithms” filling phone screens with bullying, sex and violence.
Japan’s JS Hyuga helicopter destroyer leads the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald (center-right), the Indian Navy Shivalik-class frigate INS Sahyadri (center-left) and the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat during the Malabar 2025 naval exercise off Guam last month.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 9, 2025
Japan-India defense in a fragmenting Indo-Pacific
For Tokyo, sustaining India’s participation is strategically vital — not only for Indo-Pacific’s balance-of-power, but also ensuring China-resilient supply chains.
Australia's Steve Smith hits a shot on Day 4 of the second Ashes test in Brisbane on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Dec 8, 2025
Australia’s ability to adapt has nation in prime position to retain Ashes
Australia defeated England in the first two tests in Perth and Brisbane.
Teens watch a TikTok video with their friends in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 13. Australia is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law.
WORLD / Society
Dec 8, 2025
‘Not black or white’: Teens worldwide react to Australia social media ban
The move will be closely watched by other countries, which could follow suit with similar laws.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (right) and his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, stand in an Australian-made Bushmaster Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2025
Japan and Australia launch new ‘strategic defense’ framework
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the move will help ensure the quasi-allies can work together more effectively and with greater strategic alignment.
A man walks past an AUKUS sign on the first day of the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition in Sydney on Nov. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
After review, Pentagon says AUKUS submarine is ‘full steam ahead’
The Department of Defense completed its five-month review, which endorsed the AUKUS agreement and determined it is “in alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda.”
Former All Black Dan Carter holds up a ball during the draw for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup in Sydney on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Dec 4, 2025
Springboks and All Blacks on quarterfinal collision course after 2027 World Cup draw
Japan, meanwhile, was drawn into a group with France, the United States and Samoa.
People play curling outside the Duomo di Milano in Milan on Feb. 6
OLYMPICS / Curling
Dec 3, 2025
Curler Helen Williams gets fresh lease of life with Australia
Williams had hoped to make the Nagano Winter Olympics with Britain in 1998, but injury derailed her plans.
Kayakers paddle on the Swan River in Perth, Australia, in 2008.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2025
AUKUS set to further fuel Australia’s hottest housing market
Around $16 billion is due to be poured into Western Australia’s Perth over the next decade.
China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2025
China’s unfair labor model is going global
China’s low rights model is no longer a domestic labor issue but a systemic challenge to global labor standards, supply chain governance and fair market competition.
A Filipino soldier fires a Javelin anti-tank weapon system during a live exercise as part of the annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercises at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines, in April 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2025
New U.S.-Philippine military task force could evolve into multinational unit
Task Force Philippines will likely become a larger, combined force featuring personnel from countries that have visiting-forces agreements with Manila, such as Japan.
The navies of Japan, the U.S. and South Korea take part in a combined anti-submarine exercise in waters off South Korea's Jeju Island in April 2023. The Takaichi administration is looking to strengthen alliances to coordinate responses and mitigate regional threats under a collective deterrence approach.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2025
The argument for Indo-Pacific ‘collective deterrence’
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is boosting defense, alliances and collective deterrence to protect Japan, support allies and maintain Indo-Pacific stability.
Australian Independent Sen. Fatima Payman reacts as One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wears a burqa in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Australian Senate suspends far-right leader over ‘disrespectful’ burqa stunt
Sen. Pauline Hanson first rose to prominence in the 1990s due to her opposition to immigration from Asia and asylum seekers, and she has long campaigned against Islamic clothing.
England coach Brendon McCullum (right) talks to captain Ben Stokes during practice in Perth on Nov. 20.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 24, 2025
McCullum tells England fans to ‘keep the faith’ after Perth capitulation
England suffered an eight-wicket defeat inside two days after its cavalier attacking game, dubbed “Bazball” after the coach’s nickname, backfired.
England captain Ben Stokes reacts after his team's loss against Australia in the first Ashes test in Perth on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 23, 2025
Former greats slam England as ‘brainless’ after loss in first Ashes test
Going into the test, Stokes labeled the former players who had criticized England’s low-key buildup as “has-beens”
Twitch will be forced to remove all users under the age of 16 when Australia's strict social media laws take effect next month.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2025
Livestream giant Twitch to ban under-16s in Australia
The eSafety Commissioner said that the U.S. company — which started out as a platform for gaming streamers — met its criteria to be banned.
France center Emilien Gailleton (left) and flyhalf Romain Ntamack take part in a training session in Marcoussis, France, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 21, 2025
Rusty France face ‘tired’ Australia at end of torrid year
Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies are one loss away from a first winless European tour since 1958 and a record 10th defeat of the year.
England's Jamie Smith (far left) and Josh Tongue (center left) pose with Australia's Cameron Green (center right) and Alex Carey during a media event ahead of the Ashes cricket test series, in Perth on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 18, 2025
Grateful Green primed for full-throttle Ashes opener
The 26-year-old fast-bowling all-rounder was set back by a side strain last month having overcome a serious 2024 back injury.
Oscar Piastri has won Australian sport's highest honor, the Don Award.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 18, 2025
Oscar Piastri wins Australia’s top sports honor
The 24-year has ignited national pride as he bids to become Australia’s third Formula One world champion after Jack Brabham and Alan Jones.
South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2025
Who is cricket’s Shohei Ohtani?
A better question might be: Does cricket need its own Shohei?
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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