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Australia has been at the forefront of global efforts to regulate social media platforms, with its online safety watchdog bumping heads notably with Elon Musk's X.
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Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media
The minimum age for children to log into sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok is expected to be between 14 and 16 years.
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China stops foreign adoptions, ending a complicated chapter
The ban raises questions for many of the hundreds of families in the United States who were in the process of adopting children from China.
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China's economic malaise seen accelerating obesity rates
Job stress, long work hours and poor diets are growing high-risk factors in cities, while in rural areas, agriculture work is becoming less physically demanding.
People at bubble tea chain Mixue Bingcheng in Beijing on Thursday. Bubble tea is wildly popular in China, where people sipping through straws from large plastic cups is a common sight across the country.
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Sep 1, 2024
Penny-pinching youth transforming China's bubble tea craze
By Peter CATTERALL and Isabel Kua
Bubble tea is wildly popular in China and a common sight on high streets and in shopping malls across the country.
A lack of affordable child care is cited as one of the top concerns among working parents in South Korea.
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Aug 30, 2024
World’s lowest birth rate spurs South Korea to hire foreign nannies
By Jenny Lee and Shinhye Kang
South Korea plans to bring in about 1,200 foreign nannies by the first half of 2025.
People shop at a flea market hosted by Bunjang, an e-commerce platform for secondhand sales, in Seoul on Aug. 3.
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Aug 28, 2024
South Korea's birth rate drive struggles to sway 'YOLO' generation
By Jihoon Lee, Cynthia Kim and Joyce Lee
Asia's fourth-largest economy plans to launch a new government ministry dedicated to demographic challenges.
A humanoid robot developed by Ex-Robots winks at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug. 21.
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Aug 26, 2024
China robots conference spotlights the changing face of humanoids
By Qiaoyi Li and Kevin Krolicki
"The robot industry has broad prospects and huge market potential," said Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Aug 26, 2024
TikTok tourists trample on Angkor Wat in viral Temple Run recreation
By K. Oanh Ha
Some of these viral videos have received more than 2 million views and inspire copycat versions daily.
Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls' School in Kanoi village near Jaisalmer, India, earlier this month. In the sweltering heat of India's Thar desert, an architecturally striking school is an oasis of cool.
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Aug 24, 2024
Indian desert school's unique design offers respite from heat
By Abhaya SRIVASTAVA
Temperatures inside the school, designed by U.S. architect Diana Kellogg and built by local artisans, can be as much as 20% lower than those outside.
Doctors shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest rally demanding justice following the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a hospital in Kolkata, in New Delhi, on Sunday.
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Aug 19, 2024
Protests spread over Indian doctor's rape and murder
By Subrata Nag Choudhary and Sunil Kataria
Activists say the incident highlights how women in India continue to suffer despite tougher laws following a similar crime in Delhi in 2012.

Kato announces bid for LDP presidency, adding uncertainty to race
Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato announces his entry into the LDP leadership race in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Tepco starts extracting radioactive fuel debris at Fukushima No. 1 plant
This handout photo from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings taken in July shows a set of pipes used for removing radioactive debris from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.
Small Hokkaido town ranked most comfortable place to live in Japan
Asahidake in Daisetsuzan is located in the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido, which ranked as the most comfortable municipality in 2024.
'Shogun' clinches record-breaking 14 Creative Arts Emmys
"Shogun" actors (from left) Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano are all up for Emmys at this year's awards show.
Japan's Prince Hisahito turns 18
Prince Hisahito observes in July narrow leaf cattail that he had planted at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
iPhone 16 to land in Japan without Apple Intelligence 
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the iPhone 16 at the Steve Jobs Theater on the company's campus in Cupertino, California, on Monday.
Small Hokkaido town ranked most comfortable place to live in Japan
Asahidake in Daisetsuzan is located in the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido, which ranked as the most comfortable municipality in 2024.
Updated Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan to keep more trees
Redevelopment of the Meiji Jingu Gaien district has trees in the area marked according to their status — trees marked in red were to be cut down in the original plan while those in blue were to be transplanted. In the updated plan, trees marked in red will no longer be felled, and those in blue will remain where they are.
U.K. envoy to Japan pushes back on Indo-Pacific disengagement concerns
U.K. Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom says the Indo-Pacific region offers a unique opportunity to not only tackle shared security concerns but also to generate new sources of economic growth.
‘When I die, I would like to come back as a rice ball’
Few in Japan may be more passionate about the 'onigiri' (rice ball) than Yumiko Ukon, owner of an onigiri specialty shop in Tokyo's Otsuka neighborhood.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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