For Livia Albeck-Ripka's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
For scores of other asylum-seekers who have been held in Australian hotels, stifling conditions have stretched on for months and months.
The self-governing island’s official name, Republic of China, has been downsized, although it remains on the cover in Chinese characters.
Homeowners are responding to incentives offered by state governments, a sharp drop in the price of solar panels and an increase in electricity rates.
The pandemic has fast-forwarded a looming reckoning for the city of Cairns, the main gateway to the reef.
