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Instagram posted photo showing Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. Undated. Image via Instagram / @katyperry

Katy Perry goes ‘Instagram official’ with Justin Trudeau amid romance rumours

The pop star posted photos and videos on Instagram of herself and the former Canadian PM posing cheek to cheek and exploring Japan.

  • Amanda Holpuch

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With its first female PM, Japan’s ready to march to a different beat

Sanae Takaichi likens herself to Margaret Thatcher but given her background in heavy metal music, perhaps she’s more Iron Maiden than Iron Lady.

  • Peter Hartcher
Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, will take over on Tuesday.

Fifth time lucky for Japan’s new prime minister

In a night of drama, Shigeru Ishiba managed to win his party’s and, consequently, his country’s leadership, negating Japan its first female PM.

  • Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno
The Excool at port in Yokohama.

By modern standards it’s small, but this Japanese tanker is causing big shockwaves

Might the test ship Excool be a breakthrough in trapping and transporting gas emissions to places like Australia for storage underground?

  • Nick O'Malley
Who could be the next Japanese PM.

‘Gotta be fun, gotta be cool, gotta be sexy’: The candidates vying to be Japan’s PM

Up to 11 candidates could contest the election to become head of Japan’s ruling party and the country’s prime minister. Among them is the son a former PM and two women vying to become the country’s first female leader.

  • Lisa Visentin
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to step down in September.

Japan’s PM Kishida to step down as scandals prove too much

Stung by his party’s corruption scandals, Fumio Kishida has suffered dwindling support ratings that have dipped below 20 per cent.

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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong

‘Heartbreaking’: Penny Wong condemns abduction of Australian children in Japan

Parents warn Tokyo’s two-year delay in implementing new laws could trigger a “dash to the finish line” to abduct more children.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Natalie Clancy
Foreign Minister Penny Wong is considering a request from Ukraine to provide a supply of Australian coal.

Ukraine pleaded for help from Australia six months ago. It hasn’t received a reply

Ukraine fears it will not receive a requested shipment of Australian coal by winter, despite pleading directly with Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

  • Matthew Knott and Rob Harris
Japan’s economy has entered a technical recession.

Japan slips into recession, no longer world’s third-biggest economy

The unexpected result shocked market analysts who were expecting an improvement in the economy.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
A firefighter looks up the rubble and wreckage of a burnt-out marketplace following an earthquake in Wajima.

Japan quake toll rises as many trapped under possibly thousands of homes

Authorities are rushing to bring aid to survivors facing freezing temperatures and expected heavy rain that could bring landslides.

  • Kiyoshi Takenaka and Sakura Murakami