James Oaten
North Asia Correspondent at ABC News (Australia)
@ABCnews North Asia correspondent covering Japan + Koreas. Fmr South Asia corro in New Delhi. Opinions = own, retweets ≠ endorsements. DMs open.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | James Oaten
No longer just a game for rascal children, in Japan, snowball fighting is a fully fledged professional sport. Played with specially made snow that's as hard as a cricket ball, it's not a sport for the faint hearted. Now there are plans to take it world wide.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | James Oaten
For skiers and snowboarders, there are few places as famous as the Japanese ski resort of Niseko. Once a winter wonderland for Japanese tourists, Niseko has become increasingly dominated by international tourists ever since Australians started to arrive en masse in the early 2000s. Think Kuta, Bali, but instead of sand, up to 15 metres of exceptional snow falls each season.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | James Oaten
While US President Donald Trump may have reduced the tariffs for most countries for now, a 25 per cent tax on imported cars remains in place. It's a huge worry for Japan, which sells 20 per cent of the vehicles it makes to the US. Now its government is scrambling to try and strike a deal with the Americans.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | James Oaten
After a months-long political crisis in South Korea, the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol has been upheld by a Constitutional Court. Efforts to remove Mr Yoon from office were triggered last December when, in a moment of desperation and political frustration, he tried and failed to impose martial law. The country now has to elect a new leader within 60 days.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | James Oaten
The President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol is officially out of office, and the country will head back to the polls, after the Constitutional Court ruled to uphold his impeachment. It's a stunning fall for President Yoon, who's career as an anti-corruption prosecutor led him to the highest office in South Korea. But in a moment of desperation and political frustration, Mr Yoon tried and failed to impose martial law, triggering a series of events that led to his eventual and final downfall.
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