James Oaten
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@ABCnews North Asia correspondent covering Japan + Koreas. Fmr South Asia corro in New Delhi. Opinions = own, retweets ≠ endorsements. DMs open.
Tokyo, Japan
Joined January 2011
Vladimir Putin went to North Korea looking for friends, but he may have helped arm his enemy. My analysis here 👇 https://t.co/TdqUvDDiqX
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When Vladimir Putin announced a military partnership with North Korea, he stepped across a red line drawn by one of the most advanced arms suppliers in the world.
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Bears were once excessively killed in Japan, but their population has since surged, with deadly consequences. My online and television feature story about what’s driving Japan’s record bear attacks 👇 https://t.co/CnmSDre7wy
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Japan recorded 219 bear attacks on people in the 12-months leading up to March this year, including six fatalities. The situation is becoming so severe that government officials have warned some...
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TOKYO JOURNALISM JOB: Hey all -- the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is looking for a new local-hire producer to work with me (and future correspondents), in the North Asia bureau. If you're interested, or know someone who might be, they can send me a direct message.
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TOKYO JOURNALISM JOB: Hey all -- the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is looking for a new local-hire producer to work with me (and future correspondents), in the North Asia bureau. If you're interested, or know someone who might be, they can send me a direct message.
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Part two of this investigation 👇 https://t.co/kvUwtIiHyz
"He was tasked by his handlers with hunting down dissidents across the globe, sometimes by using elaborate cover stories... to try to gain their confidence and lure them to countries where they could be abducted and returned to China." https://t.co/C9US5gqH4d
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Sites like this have been copying so much content for years, especially in regional areas. Knowing the hours that go into original journalism, it’s very frustrating, let alone unethical. Great story.
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The ABC has identified James Raptis, a lawyer at Australian Community Media, as being linked to a series of websites that were stealing – and mangling – stories from other sites.
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"He was tasked by his handlers with hunting down dissidents across the globe, sometimes by using elaborate cover stories... to try to gain their confidence and lure them to countries where they could be abducted and returned to China." https://t.co/C9US5gqH4d
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A spy for one of the most feared and powerful arms of China’s intelligence apparatus is revealing his identity and operations overseas, including in Australia, as part of a Four Corners investigation.
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Powerful and heartbreaking. My colleague @MazoeFord’s documentary into what was a major South Korean export: children. LINK TO YOUTUBE: https://t.co/bUgHywY1kU
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Got some spare time this Golden Week? Well, check out my latest documentary with @yumi_asada - the women fighting for respect and recognition in male-centric sumo. YOUTUBE: https://t.co/kl5Me3T2bN
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This view of Mount Fuji will soon be un-photographable! Local authorities are going to put up a huge black mesh barrier because crowds of tourists have been leaving litter behind and ignoring traffic rules. @TomohiroOsaki reports https://t.co/aZzJH2MSZO
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"I am not the president anymore. I cannot run. But if there is a way we can reverse the situation, we might find a way inside to implode somewhere. And if God would allow it then perchance I would be able to reverse the situation. I would remove the bases."
Duterte openly seeks China’s support and intervention to overthrow Marcos and sponsor his return to power in bonkers interview with Global Times. https://t.co/URiFDC3YUG
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If you prefer to read the story, it’s here: https://t.co/veujfVaD0o
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An ancient sport shrouded in mystery, professional sumo wrestling in Japan is reserved only for men. A group of young female warriors wants to change that.
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Sumo may be Japan’s national sport, but participation rates are shrinking, and the sport is focusing inwards instead of outwards. Why does Japan refuse to support women’s sumo? My 30 min documentary - Sumo Sisters - with @yumi_asada here on YouTube 👇 https://t.co/QWiyEROfdg
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was hand-delivered this letter by a US Congressman in Washington last week. “More than 500 American children have been abducted to Japan. For the sake of US and Japanese relations, I seek your public commitment to reunite these families.”
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“Having escaped the lion's den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of coming back for his hat." Bruce Lehrmann defamation case has failed. More on ABC 👇 https://t.co/hrDUpzxIkg
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Justice Michael Lee has delivered his judgment in the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, ruling that the evidence had proven Network Ten's substantial...
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Watch the current affairs television report here: https://t.co/fmYk1SVGnb
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"Die old bitch". Japan's joint custody laws were supposed to end allegations the country incentivises parental child abduction, but instead it's created more division in an already bitter, deeply-emotional debate. TV report next post, online here: https://t.co/h8w5rVvjYx
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In Japan, thousands of children are cut off from their mum or dad every year as victims of a system that incentivises parental child abduction. The country will soon introduce laws that will enforce...
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Rescue workers in Taiwan have established last known whereabouts of missing Australian-Singaporean couple. Camera footage shows them getting off a bus at a popular hiking spot in Taroko National Park, which was ravaged by landslides. w/ @xinyun_tw
https://t.co/lyP6XIb0nU
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Taiwan's National Fire Agency releases footage showing the pair getting off a bus heading towards a national park that suffered extensive landslides.
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ABC News now up with the live blog on Taiwan earthquake. Strongest felt on island in 25 years! https://t.co/jgz0FLxP2h
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Taiwan's Central Weather Administration says the earthquake is the country's biggest in 25 years.
Tsunami warning for Okinawan islands now downgraded to advisory. https://t.co/PJU8rMMtTs
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Tsunami warning for Okinawan islands now downgraded to advisory. https://t.co/PJU8rMMtTs
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Japan and the Philippines lift all their tsunami warnings and advisories after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck near Taiwan.
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