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People arrive for the funeral of 10-year-old Matilda on Thursday in Sydney. Matilda was killed in the Bondi Beach mass shooting on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2025
Australia promises crackdown on hate as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is remembered
Fifteen were killed in the Hanukkah attack inspired by the Islamic State group that shocked the nation.
A woman grieves at a floral memorial in honor of the victims of Sunday's mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Dec 17, 2025
Australia’s gun laws riddled with loopholes and workarounds, experts say
Tweaks by some states since laws were introduced in the wake of a mass shooting in 1996 have relaxed the oversight of the patchwork system.
Family members of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the Bondi Beach shooting on Sunday, lean over his coffin during his funeral at the Chabad of Bondi Synagogue in Sydney on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2025
Australian state to pass emergency gun laws as funerals of Bondi attack victims begin
Funerals of the Jewish victims of Sunday’s attack began on Wednesday, amid anger over how the gunmen were allowed access to powerful firearms.
People place floral tributes outside the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Tuesday in honor of the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2025
Bondi and Australia get swept into a violent world
Bondi has been a center of Jewish life in Australia for more than a century.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with the leaders of Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia after the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26. Hostilities between the two countries have since resumed.  
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2025
White House 2025 Asia upheaval set to continue in 2026
Will the Trump administration learn from its counterproductive actions in Asia in 2025? It seems unlikely.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a news conference in Sydney on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2025
‘Islamic State ideology’ drove Bondi Beach gunmen, Australian PM says
A father and son opened fire on Jewish crowds on Sunday evening, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more.
Mourners gather around floral tributes at Bondi Pavilion to honor the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, in Sydney on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2025
‘It was dead people everywhere’: Eyewitnesses recount Bondi Beach attack
More than a dozen people were killed and at least 40 wounded, some critically, as two gunmen opened fire on attendees at a Hanukkah event.
A mourner lays flowers on Monday in Sydney, near the scene of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach the day before.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Australia eyes tougher gun laws after Hanukkah attack in Sydney
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the need for stronger gun ownership laws would be on the agenda for a Cabinet meeting.
Ben Stokes answers questions during a news conference after the second Ashes test in Brisbane.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Dec 15, 2025
Desperate England heads into third Ashes test looking for miracle
A win for Australia will ensure the five-match showdown will be over inside three tests for the fourth consecutive series in Australia.
Mourners pay tribute to the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, at the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Australia plans tougher gun laws after father and son kill 15 at Bondi Beach
The shooting at a Hanukkah event has raised questions about whether the country’s gun laws, already among the toughest in the world, remain fit for purpose.
People bring flowers for a makeshift memorial following the attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 15, 2025
Australia hails ’hero’ who stopped gunman in his tracks
Ahmed al Ahmed disarmed one of the attackers during the country’s worst mass shooting in years.
Australian police inspect at the scene of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Hanukkah security ramped up around the world after Bondi shootings
Officials in Berlin, London, New York and other major global cities are announcing extra security measures at upcoming events.
A policeman ushers people across a street after a mass shooting at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2025
Multiple people confirmed killed in Bondi Beach mass shooting
Gunmen opened fire just after 6.30 p.m. Sunday evening as hundreds of people attended the Chanukah by the Sea event to celebrate the start of the Jewish festival.
Australia's Travis Head has been one of the stand-in players who has played well for the team during the Ashes.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Dec 12, 2025
Australia’s depth making major difference against England during Ashes
Australia is taking a 2-0 lead into the third test in Adelaide on Dec. 17 and needs only a draw to keep the famous urn and pile more humiliation on Ben Stokes’ tourists.
A child looks at his phone in Melbourne on Nov. 27 ahead of Australia's ban on children under 16 from using social media.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2025
Australian content creators feel sting of losing young fans to social media ban
Follower counts primarily on Instagram have dropped, creators said, while engagement patterns — likes, comments and views — have also changed.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Anika Wells speak to the media during a visit to St. John Paul II College in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 11, 2025
Australian leader defends social media ban as teens brag about staying online
The rollout of the ban was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2025
Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world
Japan and other middle powers must help shape the new order — or risk becoming subject to it.
Flags of Solomon Islands and China flutter near the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing in July 2023. A new think-tank report has proposed quasi-allies Japan and Australia divide up efforts to boost ties with Pacific island nations in a bid to maintain critical supply lines and prevent China from gaining a military foothold in the region in the event of a war.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2025
With eye on Beijing, Japan and Australia urged to divvy up Pacific island aid
An Australian think tank says the quasi-allies should work with the region to maintain supply lines and prevent China from gaining a military foothold in any war.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles during a news conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 10, 2025
Australia says it will meet ‘challenges’ of AUKUS nuclear submarine timeline
Canberra is “very self-critical” as it looks to address challenges, including skilling its workforce, for the program, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says.
Young passengers use their smartphones in a train near Central Station in Sydney on Nov. 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 10, 2025
Australia begins enforcing teen social media ban in world-first crackdown
Canberra says unprecedented measures are needed to protect children from “predatory algorithms” filling phone screens with bullying, sex and violence.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.
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