By Ashley Nickel For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:26 GMT, 16 December 2023 | Updated: 10:34 GMT, 16 December 2023 New Zealand has overtaken Bali as the top international holiday destination for Australian travellers, according to a new survey. Data released this week by the Tourism and Transport Forum Australia found 75 per cent of Australians are … Read more
From a penny in the black pudding to kissing under the mistletoe, Christmas traditions are not just about Santa in the UK. But what about traditions celebrated in countries across the globe? Whether it’s chocolate filled shoes, an evening roller skating or eating KFC, other nations have their own peculiar ways of celebrating the festive period. … Read more
By Australian Associated Press Published: 09:48 GMT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 09:48 GMT, 31 October 2023 The fate of an Australian grandmother detained in Japan for almost 10 months over drug trafficking allegations remains uncertain. Aboriginal health leader and former West Australian Greens candidate Donna Nelson was arrested days after travelling to Tokyo in … Read more
By Summer Goodkind Published: 01:12 BST, 25 October 2023 | Updated: 02:11 BST, 25 October 2023 A new luxury Japanese restaurant in London has added Britain’s most expensive steak to the menu – at up to £900 for a single serving. Aragawa, a top-end Tokyo steakhouse serving the famously succulent Kobe Beef, opened its first … Read more
By Shania Obrien For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:26 BST, 22 September 2023 | Updated: 06:26 BST, 22 September 2023 Expats who have moved to Australia often face unexpected cultural differences – but many of them seem to have one same complaint. May, from Thailand, recently moved to Queensland and has been struggling to use the toilet … Read more
An Australian tourist has been told to ‘leave Japan at once’ after committing an unforgivable act on public transport. Former sheep farmer turned travel blogger Turan William Salis was slammed online after sharing a video of himself boarding a women’s only train carriage. The 20-year-old made a joke he was a carriage inspector, checking the … Read more
Australians are now buying more cars made in China than South Korea with a Tesla from Shanghai outselling every SUV on the market – and the ever-popular Toyota Corolla missing the top 10 of cars sold. In February, 13,625 cars manufactured in China left the showroom, making it the third most common country of origin for … Read more
Japanese fans stun Qatar crowd by CLEANING UP stadium after World Cup opening match, telling bemused local supporter: ‘We do not leave rubbish behind us. We show respect’ Fans stayed behind after Qatar vs Ecuador on Sunday to clean up the stadium They went row to row collecting bottles and food wrappers left behind by … Read more
MasterChef judge Melissa Leong reveals the special McDonald’s burger that’s so delicious it’s worth taking an international flight for By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:40 BST, 21 October 2022 | Updated: 16:06 BST, 21 October 2022 She’s the MasterChef Australia judge with a passion for food and fine dining. But Melissa Leong … Read more
Scientists have generated hair follicles in petri dishes using embryonic skin cells from mice, in a potential breakthrough for fighting hair loss. The team from Yokohama National University, in Japan, did so by controlling the spatial arrangement of two types of cells, epithelial and mesenchymal. Epithelial cells are a type of cell that covers the … Read more
The best-value 2022 long-haul winter sun destinations for Britons have been revealed in a new study – and it’s Hoi An in Vietnam that’s number one in the ranking. It’s here where their pound will stretch the furthest, followed by Cape Town in South Africa (second), Mombasa in Kenya (third), and Tokyo, Japan (fourth). Meanwhile, … Read more
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles in its fourth test launch in just a week as tensions rise after Kamala Harris visit to the DMZ North Korea launched a missile off the east coast of South Korea yesterday It is the fourth missile launch in the space of a week, South Korean military said The … Read more
While it may sound like something that has crawled out of your nightmares, cyborg cockroaches have arrived as friends rather than foes. Scientists in Japan have designed a new remote-controlled insect, equipped with a battery ‘backpack’ that is powered by solar panels. The cockroach, which is part insect and part machine, is intended to enter … Read more