News From Under the Southern Cross

2022/4/12

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)