Menu
Search
 
October 04, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

ASIA PACIFIC

Politics

Politics
Crime & Legal
Science & Health
Society
Chinese President Xi Jinping
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
China urges Trump to lift security curbs in push for deals
In exchange, China is dangling the prospect of a massive investment package as part of a proposal that would upend a decade of policy.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
Min Aung Hlaing's travels are part of a diplomatic push to win support for a controversial December election.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
South Korea to increase defense budget by 8.2% next year, President Lee says
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that momentum for cooperation and shared prosperity is weakening across the world, calling the situation "every man for himself."
Armenia’s Defense Minister Suren Papikyan (left), Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun (right) and Cambodia’s Defense Minister Tea Seiha meet at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Sept. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Peace broker and arms supplier: China’s dual roles in a deadly conflict
By Sui-Lee Wee
The five-day war between Cambodia and Thailand in late June killed 40 people, including civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has publicly demanded Taiwan to move more investment and chip production to the U.S. so half of American demand is manufactured locally.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Taiwan holds investment talks as U.S. demands more chip factories
By Miaojung Lin, Mackenzie Hawkins and Yian Lee
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick earlier this week publicly demanded Taiwan to move more investment and chip production to the U.S.
Kim Son Gyong, North Korea's vice minister for foreign affairs, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
With U.N. speech and China visit, North Korea ramps up diplomatic moves
By Jesse Johnson
Pyongyang sent a senior official to the U.N. on Monday for a speech for the first time since 2018, while its foreign minister was in China for talks with top officials.
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an arrival ceremony in Beijing in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Xi pushes Trump to 'oppose' Taiwan independence in major shift
By Jenny Leonard and Eric Martin
Any change in wording will fan concerns that Washington’s position on the self-ruled democracy is becoming a trade war bargaining chip.
Pro-democracy activist and former Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025
Hong Kong activist Nathan Law says he was denied Singapore entry
Law said he’d been given a valid Singapore visa three weeks prior to his trip.
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly announced a $100,000 fee for the H-1B visa earlier this month, a move that potentially deals a big blow to the technology sector that sources many skilled workers from India.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025
'Clog the toilet' trolls hit Indian visa holders rushing back to U.S.
By Bill MCCARTHY and Anuj Chopra
Users on the far-right message board 4chan moved to overwhelm flight reservation systems, in a bid to block Indian visa holders from booking tickets.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel stand guard near closed shops along a pavement after curfew was partially relaxed for a few hours in Leh, in India's Ladakh region, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025
Deep roots of rage as India's Ladakh seeks self-rule
By Parvaiz BUKHARI
Growing resentment with New Delhi's direct rule over the territory and fears of losing livelihoods boiled over on Wednesday.

Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
The party that ruled Japan for decades is in danger of crumbling
Haruo Tsukamoto, a rank-and-file member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a rice farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture, questions if the party still stands for people like him.
8,432 foreign children in Japan seen not attending school
The total number of foreign children registered in Japan as residents eligible for education at elementary or junior high schools stood at 163,358, up by 12,663.
U.S. federal shutdown affects Americans in Japan and diplomatic talks
The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday, though essential services are still being offered.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Maruhachi never sleeps in quest for better futons
Maruhachi never sleeps in quest for better futons

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER

Latest News

Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
3 hours ago
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
5 hours ago
Asahi ships beer using paper and fax after ransomware attack
7 hours ago
U.K. confronts rising long-term terror threat from Gaza war
7 hours ago
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration
8 hours ago