News From Under the Southern Cross
Edition 102: A Flood of Visitors (2023/03/24)
Edition 101: The Power of "Team Japan" (2023/02/28)
Edition 100: Australia-New Zealand Relations (2023/01/31)
Editon 99: The Indian Pacific Railway (2023/01/16)
Edition 98: A Visit from the Yokohama DeNA Baystars (2023/01/05)
Edition 97: Occasional Address at the University of Newcastle Graduation Ceremony (2023/01/04)
Edition 96: The Japanese Film Festival (2022/11/29)
Edition 95: Pockets of Japan in Australia (2022/11/22)
Edition 94: The Melbourne Cup and Exchange through Baseball (2022/11/16)
Edition 93: Prime Minister KISHIDA's Visit to Australia (2022/10/27)
Edition 92: Back to Japan on Business (2022/10/20)
Edition 91: Spring is in Full Swing (2022/09/29)
Edition 90: Her Majesty the Queen and Australia (2022/09/23)
Edition 89: The Spring Truce (2022/09/15)
Edition 88: Broome, A Requiem Journey (2022/09/15)
Edition 87: The Situation across the Taiwan Strait and Australia (2022/08/23)
Edition 86: Distant Thursday Island (2022/08/22)
Edition 85: A Tale of Two Cities (2022/08/11)
Edition 84: The Best of Mates (2022/07/29)
Edition 83: Coal and Australia-Japan Relations (2022/07/28)
Edition 82: The City Without Starbucks (2022/07/25)
Edition 81: Visit to Lismore (2022/07/06)
Edition 80: The Japan-Australia Relationship outside the US-UK Prism (2022/07/15)
Edition 79: Queensland Dreaming (2022/06/30)
Edition 78: Prime Minister Albanese's Visit to Japan (2022/06/06)
Edition 77: Ambassadors Come and Go (2022/06/02)
Edition 76: Long Autumn Nights and the Sound of Strings (2022/05/27)
Edition 75: Leaping 'Gullivers' (2022/05/19)
Edition 74: Cowra Autumn Festival and the Commemoration Service for the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea (2022/05/19)
Edition 73: Bonds Deepened through Art (2022/05/18)
Edition 72: The Upcoming Election (2022/05/17)
Edition 71: Cutting across Tasmania (2022/05/03)
Edition 70: Sister City Ties (2022/05/02)
Edition 69: Visit to Cairns (2022/04/14)
Edition 68: Galloping Horses (2022/04/12)
Edition 67: The Ukrainian President's Address to the Australian Parliament (2022/04/11)
Edition 66: World Cup Qualifiers - Japan vs Australia (2022/04/06)
Edition 65: Revisiting Western Australia (2022/04/06)
Edition 64: Farewells and First Encounters (2022/03/18)
Edition 63: Australia's Response to the Situation in Ukraine (2022/03/8)
Edition 62: Rugby - Bringing Australia and Japan Together (2022/03/15)
Edition 61: Cowra Rotary Peace Award (2022/03/09)
Edition 60: Official Visit to Victoria (2022/03/04)
Edition 59: Revisiting Darwin (2022/03/02)
Edition 58: The Emperor’s Birthday Reception Mark II (2022/02/24)
Edition 57: Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting (2022/02/16)
Edition 56: Conferral Ceremony for Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard (2022/02/10)
Edition 55: My Trip to the Hunter Valley (2022/02/09)
Edition 54: Assistance for Tonga (2022/1/28)
Edition 53: The Australian Open (2022/1/28)
Edition 52: Towards the Hydrogen Era (2022/1/28)
Edition 51: The Japan-Australia Leaders' Summit (2022/1/7)
Edition 50: 'Japanaroo 2021' (2021/12/28)
Edition 49: The Five Eyes (2021/12/23)
Edition 48: Deepening Security Cooperation (2021/12/22)
Edition 47: Persona Non Grata film screening (2021/12/21)
Edition 46: Sports Exchange (2021/12/14)
Edition 45: Business Trip to Melbourne (2021/12/7)
Edition 44. Support for Japanese Corporations (2021/12/3)
Edition 43. The "Sharing Your Experience of Japan" Reception (2021/11/17)
Edition 42. Japanese decoration for Dame Olivia Newton-John DBE AC (2021/11/3)
Edition 41. Diplomacy restarts (2021/10/29)
Edition 40. The Self-Defense Forces Day Reception (2021/10/13)
Edition 39. Australian English (2021/10/12)
Edition 38. "The Bird of Terror" - A postscript (2021/10/5)
Edition 37. The Quad (2021/10/1)
Edition 36. The Phantasmal Queensland Business Trip (2021/9/30)
Edition 35. AUKUS (2021/9/23)
Edition 34. Springtime in Canberra (2021/9/23)
Edition 33. A Major Sporting Power (2021/9/21)
Edition 32. Still in lockdown (2021/9/17)
Edition 31. Working towards the return of two-way tourism (2021/9/14)
Edition 30. The Bird of Terror (2021/9/7)
Edition 29. Diplomatic activities during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021/9/2)
Edition 28. The power of Washoku (2021/9/1)
Edition 27. A Police Conversation (2021/8/30)
Edition 26. Lockdown (2021/8/24)
Edition 25. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (2021/8/13)
Edition 24. Mass Media (2021/8/13)
Edition 23. The National Press Club (2021/7/29)
Edition 22. Talisman Sabre (2021/7/21)
Edition 21. The World of Cinema (2021/7/9)
Edition 20. Winters in Canberra (2021/7/9)
Edition 19. "2+2" (2021/6/28)
Edition 18. A ‘Tasmanian Story’ (2021/6/28)
Edition 17. Go to Australia for great food (2021/6/11)
Edition 16. Principal Commercial Officer (2021/6/10)
Edition 15. Visit to South Australia (2021/5/25)
Edition 14. Award Ceremonies (2021/5/19)
Edition 13. Visit to New South Wales (2021/5/19)
Edition 12. Visit to Western Sydney (2021/5/18)
Edition 11. Tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (2021/5/3)
Edition 10. An ever-shifting self-image (2021/4/16)
Edition 9. Visit to Perth (2021/4/1)
Edition 8. Visit to Melbourne (2021/3/30)
Edition 7. My second business trip to Sydney (2021/3/22)
Edition 6. Official Visit to Queensland (2021/3/11)
Edition 5. The Emperor’s Birthday Reception (2021/3/11)
Edition 4. Official Visit to Darwin (2021/3/1)
Edition 3. Visit to Cowra (2021/2/24)
Edition 2. The Ambassador’s Chef (2021/2/10)
Edition 1. Visiting Sydney (2021/2/2)