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Japan, Takaichi and Australia

PM urged to apologise over joke about melons gifted by Takaichi

Australia's prime minister has refused to apologise over an apparent joke about a gift of expensive melons from his Japanese counterpart.

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Australian PM angers Japan with crude joke about leader’s melons

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Japan writes to Australia over crass jokes about Japanese prime minister’s “melons”

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‘Something’s missing’: Albo’s Japanese ‘melon’ saga gets juicier

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has questioned why the prized Japanese melons at the centre of the Prime Minister’s controversial Bush Deep podcast appearance appear to be missing from his parliament...

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Furore over Albanese's melons joke forces Japan into drama it wanted to avoid

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Melon joke row escalates as Coalition refers PM’s office leak to federal police

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Coalition demands AFP probe of diplomatic cables over PM’s melon gaffe

“We write to refer the possibly unlawful disclosure of confidential and sensitive correspondence from the Government of Japan to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet,” the pair wrote.

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Nationals leader demands Albanese ‘clean up’ sexist joke about Japan’s PM

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Japanese ambassador weighs in over 'melon' furore

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sworn in for second term after election win

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn into office on Tuesday after his party's recent election win.

Prime Minister faces political firestorm in parliament over Japanese Prime Minister’s ‘melons’

Anthony Albanese has declined to assure parliament that his office or department are not suspects in the leak of private correspondence from the government of Japan regarding his “melons” podcast.

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