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ft.com | Cissy Zhou |Shaun Turton |Rurika Imahashi |Zijing Wu |Eleanor Olcott |Yifan Yu
Hello everyone, this is Cissy from Hong Kong.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rurika Imahashi
SYDNEY -- Australian investors have doubled their holdings of Japanese stocks over the past 10 years, as improvements in governance and capital efficiency attract pension and investment funds. Australian data shows the total jumped roughly 20% in 2021 to 54.2 billion Australian dollars ($37.4 billion at current rates) after a lull amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the figure slumped in 2022, it regained some ground last year, growing 8% to AU$50.6 billion.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Shaun Turton |Rurika Imahashi
SYDNEY -- Australia, the U.K and the U.S said on Wednesday that they will look to leverage Japanese technical expertise to develop maritime autonomous systems if Japan participates in the technology-sharing component of the AUKUS pact. The three nations are in talks with Tokyo to take part in the second plank -- or Pillar II -- of the AUKUS agreement, which focuses on jointly developing advanced defense capabilities.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rurika Imahashi
Contractors hired for mining work in Australia now must receive the same pay as in-house employees. ©SYDNEY -- Australia's mining industry has voiced concerns over expanded worker rights enacted by the government, citing a rise in labor costs. Tania Constable, CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia, panned the country's regulatory measures during a parliamentary dinner attended Monday by industry leaders.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Sophie Mak |Rurika Imahashi
SYDNEY -- Pacific island nations must have "courage and dignity" and stand up to China's attempts to influence affairs in the region, former Kiribati President Anote Tong told Nikkei Asia in an interview on Tuesday.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Shaun Turton |Rurika Imahashi
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat released an altered joint communique on Saturday that removed a reference to Taiwan, following comments by China's Pacific envoy that called the section "unacceptable." The joint communique, detailing outcomes from this week's Pacific Island Forum leaders meeting, appeared online on Friday with paragraph 66 of the document stating the leaders "reaffirmed the 1992 Leaders decision on relations with Taiwan/Republic of China," a...
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rurika Imahashi
SYDNEY -- So-called pre-bunking is the "most important tactic" in the online battle against fake news and propaganda as it can undermine disinformation campaigns before they have even kicked off, according to former Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rurika Imahashi
SYDNEY -- Press freedom is faltering across Pacific island nations as cash-strapped news outlets fall under the sway of local governments and China's expanding influence, with longtime friend of the region Australia moving quickly to provide support. Papua New Guinea announced a draft of a media development policy last year, wherein nonprofit group Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) would be re-established by legislation as "an independent and self-sustaining public body."
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rurika Imahashi
SYDNEY -- Construction of nuclear power plants is emerging as a key policy topic ahead of 2025 general elections in Australia, as voters, who had long resisted adopting nuclear energy, shift their views amid inflation. Peter Dutton, head of the center-right opposition Liberal Party of Australia, is leading the party's push for nuclear energy.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rurika Imahashi
MELBOURNE -- Five years after announcing its acquisition of Australian beer giant Carlton & United Breweries, Japan's Asahi Group Holdings continues to expand in the country with smaller deals and a push into soft drinks. CUB is the largest beer maker in Australia, with six domestic breweries and 1,700 employees. A CUB-owned brewery in Melbourne's Abbotsford suburb produces 300 million liters of beer per year -- around a fifth of the country's total consumption.
