For Vivian Ho's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Diminutive track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang is heading to the Tokyo Games with big dreams of becoming the first Malaysian to win an Olympic gold medal.
Malaysia has reached a deadlock in its probe into the apparent assassination last month of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The killing of Kim Jong Nam, who had criticized North Korea's hereditary succession in ...
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will push for more engagement with the private sector to narrow the gap among their countries as the bloc strives toward a common market by the end of this year, according to a draft declaration set ...
Momentum is building for the abolition of the death penalty in Malaysia, but the pace may not be fast enough to save Japanese citizen Mariko Takeuchi from the gallows after she was found guilty of drug trafficking last month. Malaysia is one of 58 countries ...
SEPANG, Malaysia — Malaysia's fast-growing long-haul budget airline AirAsia X plans to extend its low-cost service to Japan, possibly by the second half of this year. AirAsia X Chief Executive Officer Azran Osman Rani said six Japanese cabin crew members are already undergoing training at ...
The mountain gorillas of Africa had Dian Fossey. The Malayan tigers have Kae Kawanishi. Kawanishi, 39, may not be as famous as the late Fossey, whose life and work with gorillas in the mountain forests of Rwanda was immortalized in the Hollywood movie "Gorillas in ...
Kazumi Fujimura has not only sworn off meat and alcohol but also many of life's luxuries. Fujimura, 38, lives about 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur, deep in the bucolic town of Bangi, and, together with her Malaysian-Chinese husband, Gan Koon Chai, 41, runs the ...
