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<i>Audrey Young:</i> Key plans pitch on free trade deal to Japanese

John Key will make a bold pitch for a free-trade agreement between Japan and New Zealand tonight.

<i>Stephen Jacobi</i>: Relationship with Japan remains critical to NZ success

All Blacks told to cover up tattoos

<i>Audrey Young</i>: Key and McCully should have a ball in Tokyo

Rugby: Smith dropped to Aussie bench

The Wallabies are ringing in the changes ahead of Saturday's Bledisloe Cup test in Tokyo.

Cold comfort for redundant workers

Bridgestone to shut NZ plant, 275 jobs to go

Bridgestone's Japanese owners blame tougher global competition for the closure. They are also shutting a plant in Adelaide.

Aussie market closes half a per cent lower

Tourists return as swine flu fears recede

<i>Editorial:</i> Plea to wee before boarding

Toilet of the future will clean itself

Get ready to watch TV in 3D

Thousands looking for next big excitement

Turning Japanese with perfect timing

At the age of 38, Tim Williams already has a CV that would make Sir Richard Branson proud.

Typhoon hits Japan

Fashion house Versace closes its stores in Japan

NZ ranked 20th in UN quality of life survey

New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.

Rekindling the yen for brand NZ