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The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

Where others have withered, this mountain town has reinvented itself as a refuge for Tokyo’s entrepreneurs and artists - thanks to one smart decision.

20.11.2025 7

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

Where others have withered, this mountain town has reinvented itself as a refuge for Tokyo’s entrepreneurs and artists - thanks to one smart decision.

20.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

Where others have withered, this mountain town has reinvented itself as a refuge for Tokyo’s entrepreneurs and artists - thanks to one smart decision.

20.11.2025 20

The Age

Lisa Visentin

The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town

Where others have withered, this mountain town has reinvented itself as a refuge for Tokyo’s entrepreneurs and artists - thanks to one smart decision.

20.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

For more than a week, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been blasted with a fire hose of rage.

18.11.2025 5

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

For more than a week, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been blasted with a fire hose of rage.

18.11.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

For more than a week, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been blasted with a fire hose of rage.

18.11.2025 10

The Age

Lisa Visentin

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

The three words from Japan’s PM that sparked a furious Chinese response

For more than a week, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been blasted with a fire hose of rage.

18.11.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Trump may have started this global trade war, but Xi’s winning it

The US president’s tariff warfare has done more than generate choppy surf. It has unleashed chaos to the extent that it is rewiring international...

03.11.2025 10

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Trump may have started this global trade war, but Xi’s winning it

The US president’s tariff warfare has done more than generate choppy surf. It has unleashed chaos to the extent that it is rewiring international...

03.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Trump may have started this global trade war, but Xi’s winning it

The US president’s tariff warfare has done more than generate choppy surf. It has unleashed chaos to the extent that it is rewiring international...

03.11.2025 10

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Trump may have started this global trade war, but Xi’s winning it

The US president’s tariff warfare has done more than generate choppy surf. It has unleashed chaos to the extent that it is rewiring international...

03.11.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Albanese dodges diplomatic curveballs in blitz through summit season

The prime minister has walked the diplomatic tightrope this week, holding court with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

31.10.2025 8

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Albanese dodges diplomatic curveballs in blitz through summit season

The prime minister has walked the diplomatic tightrope this week, holding court with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

31.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Albanese dodges diplomatic curveballs in blitz through summit season

The prime minister has walked the diplomatic tightrope this week, holding court with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

31.10.2025 10

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Albanese dodges diplomatic curveballs in blitz through summit season

The prime minister has walked the diplomatic tightrope this week, holding court with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

31.10.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

A lot was riding on this meeting – but Xi’s poker face gave nothing away

For all the US president’s enthusiasm about his new deal with China, the reality is that Xi Jinping is still holding the trump card in this trade war.

30.10.2025 5

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

A lot was riding on this meeting – but Xi’s poker face gave nothing away

For all the US president’s enthusiasm about his new deal with China, the reality is that Xi Jinping is still holding the trump card in this trade war.

30.10.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

A lot was riding on this meeting – but Xi’s poker face gave nothing away

For all the US president’s enthusiasm about his new deal with China, the reality is that Xi Jinping is still holding the trump card in this trade war.

30.10.2025 5

The Age

Lisa Visentin

A lot was riding on this meeting – but Xi’s poker face gave nothing away

For all the US president’s enthusiasm about his new deal with China, the reality is that Xi Jinping is still holding the trump card in this trade war.

30.10.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

‘Anything you want’: Trump’s love-in with Japan’s new leader

A few savvy moves before her meeting with the US president today ensured Sanae Takaichi pulled off the type of diplomatic coup other world leaders...

28.10.2025 4

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

‘Anything you want’: Trump’s love-in with Japan’s new leader

A few savvy moves before her meeting with the US president today ensured Sanae Takaichi pulled off the type of diplomatic coup other world leaders...

28.10.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

‘Anything you want’: Trump’s love-in with Japan’s new leader

A few savvy moves before her meeting with the US president today ensured Sanae Takaichi pulled off the type of diplomatic coup other world leaders...

28.10.2025 5

The Age

Lisa Visentin

‘Anything you want’: Trump’s love-in with Japan’s new leader

A few savvy moves before her meeting with the US president today ensured Sanae Takaichi pulled off the type of diplomatic coup other world leaders...

28.10.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

The latest painful beauty trend drawing ‘glow up’ tourists to South Korea

Posts from swollen, punctured TikTokers suggest the latest hyped treatment is very painful, but women - including tourists - chase it anyway.

23.09.2025 4

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

The latest painful beauty trend drawing ‘glow up’ tourists to South Korea

Posts from swollen, punctured TikTokers suggest the latest hyped treatment is very painful, but women - including tourists - chase it anyway.

23.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

The latest painful beauty trend drawing ‘glow up’ tourists to South Korea

Posts from swollen, punctured TikTokers suggest the latest hyped treatment is very painful, but women - including tourists - chase it anyway.

23.09.2025 4

The Age

Lisa Visentin

The latest painful beauty trend drawing ‘glow up’ tourists to South Korea

Posts from swollen, punctured TikTokers suggest the latest hyped treatment is very painful, but women - including tourists - chase it anyway.

23.09.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Japan’s rotating ranks of prime ministers ‘not good for foreign policy’

The leadership vacuum adds to a picture of chaotic governance in the pillar of East Asian democracy at a time when the international system is being...

08.09.2025 5

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Japan’s rotating ranks of prime ministers ‘not good for foreign policy’

The leadership vacuum adds to a picture of chaotic governance in the pillar of East Asian democracy at a time when the international system is being...

08.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Japan’s rotating ranks of prime ministers ‘not good for foreign policy’

The leadership vacuum adds to a picture of chaotic governance in the pillar of East Asian democracy at a time when the international system is being...

08.09.2025 7

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Japan’s rotating ranks of prime ministers ‘not good for foreign policy’

The leadership vacuum adds to a picture of chaotic governance in the pillar of East Asian democracy at a time when the international system is being...

08.09.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 8

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 5

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 6

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 5

The Age

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 3

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 8

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 6

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 4

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

An axis of bystanders: Iran conflict reveals true nature of an alliance the West feared

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at...

25.06.2025 6

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

An axis of bystanders: Iran conflict reveals true nature of an alliance the West feared

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at...

25.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin