I’M seated in a room deep underground in Tokyo. A few metres away a girl in a mermaid costume, astride the back of a giant...
06th June 2015 4:06 PM
JAPAN has always been isolated from the rest of the world, yet they retain their deeply-rooted traditions and secrets to...
27th March 2015 6:03 AM
QANTAS has re-routed flights to Tokyo and from Shanghai to avoid the cloud of ash being spewed out of erupting Mount...
29th Aug. 2014 4:08 PM
JAPAN'S government is to change its pacifist, dumping a policy in place since World War Two.
02nd July 2014 6:07 AM
PAMPERED pooches might have a good life in Australia, but in Japan, some pet canines live like lords.
04th Feb. 2014 10:02 AM
LADY Gaga was asked to paint a leather jacket in Japan.
03rd Dec. 2013 1:12 PM
AUSTRALIA'S dominance of the new 4x50m mixed medley relay format has continued with the team breaking their own world...
11th Nov. 2013 6:11 AM
LONG-term Tokyo resident and HIV sufferer Neil Grainger says he still doesn't have any idea how he was infected with the...
28th Oct. 2013 12:10 PM
THOUSANDS of Tokyo residents face a bleary-eyed start to the week after weekend parties to celebrate the news that the city...
09th Sept. 2013 12:09 PM
TOKYO will host the 2020 Olympic Games after its bid defeated rivals from Istanbul and Madrid.
08th Sept. 2013 10:09 AM
INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee members have plenty to decide when they meet in Buenos Aires this weekend.
06th Sept. 2013 8:09 PM
THE race to host the 2020 Olympics is set to go down to the wire with the winning city to be announced on Saturday.
01st Sept. 2013 2:09 PM
WENDY Wu tours introduced Japan to their vast range of Asia destinations this year with a successful group tour.
26th Oct. 2012 2:10 PM
A VISIT to the teeming Tsukiji fish market - the world's biggest - is free and is a must on any visit to Tokyo.
08th July 2012 6:07 AM
PROUD father Len Passier is looking forward to the next four days.
12th June 2012 6:06 AM
THE first thing I notice when I lie back in my hotel is the pong of my own feet. That's almost a relief because I had...
13th April 2012 6:04 AM
THIS monster of the deep– a 314kg northern bluefin tuna – was brought into Mooloolaba one day, and days later was sold at a...
21st March 2012 10:03 AM
"WELCOME home, Master," is the greeting at the door. But this is as far from home as it gets.
10th Feb. 2012 10:02 AM
IPSWICH has scored higher than Tokyo, Singapore and Brisbane to finish fourth in the quality of living index in the...
16th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
Birds of Tokyo drummer Adam Weston talks about what inspired them to record in France and about their Closer national...
31st Aug. 2011 12:08 AM
MY flight was departing April 1. Six months in the planning, I was finally going to see Japan in one of its most glorious...
19th May 2011 12:05 AM
JAPANESE efficiency means that much can be crammed into a short stay, writes Kerri Jackson.
21st Dec. 2010 2:12 PM
