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Australia's travel advice to Japan was updated on the 17th January 2012. Please check our travel advice for the latest information.
11 May 2012
Foreign Minister Bob Carr will depart for China and Japan today. This will be his first visit to North Asia as Foreign Minister. Senator Carr will then visit Japan from May 16 to 18.
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29 April 2012
More than 20 people from the Australian Embassy Tokyo travelled to Minami Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, to participate in the 13th Recovery Market event held on Sunday 29 April. This is the second time the Embassy has set up a stall at the market – Australia first participated in the event in October last year. The recovery market, which is celebrating its first anniversary, attracted a large number of visitors who took advantage of the Golden Week holidays to attend the event.
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27 April 2012
As trade negotiators from our two countries meet this week in Canberra, I am reminded that the Australia-Japan relationship is never static. It's always evolving.
Over the past 60 years, that evolution has consistently been in the direction of ever-closening, ever-strengthening ties.
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18 April 2012
Having been evacuated from their homes near the Fukushima nuclear power plants because of radiation concerns, children attending a new, temporary kindergarten in Iino, Fukushima, are enjoying an Australian-funded playground I had the pleasure of opening yesterday.
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17 April 2012
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has welcomed yesterday's statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council strongly condemning North Korea's long-range missile launch on 13 April.
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Foreign Minister to visit China and Japan (TK06/2012)
11 May 2012
Transcript of Ambassador Bruce Miller's interview with ABC Radio Australia - "Australia opens playground for Fukushima kids"
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20 April 2012
