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SOUTHEAST ASIA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 23, 2023
G7 unlikely to sway 'Global South' to switch camps, ex-U.N. official says
“(The U.S.) is gradually realizing how difficult it is to isolate China,” said former Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2023
Asian startups are rising to the financing challenge
Once the world’s hottest stock because of its single-minded pursuit of growth, Singapore’s Sea is slashing costs as it seeks safety in profitability.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2023
A fresh, but mild, COVID wave is rippling through Asia
Singapore’s infections almost doubled in the final week of March to the highest rate this year, data from the Ministry of Health showed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2023
A new Asian order is here largely thanks to Shinzo Abe
By redefining the Asia-Pacific’s geopolitical dimensions, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered a geostrategic model that is now being realized across South Asia and the Middle East.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2023
Thailand's promised cannabis bonanza disappoints as politicians trade blame
A deluge of marijuana smuggled in from abroad has driven down wholesale prices and hurt local growers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2023
Exodus of health care workers from poor countries worsening, WHO says
The trend for nurses and other staff to leave parts of Africa or Southeast Asia for wealthier countries in the Middle East or Europe has accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2023
Sustaining the expansion of strategic relations between India and Southeast Asia
New Delhi continues to present itself as an increasingly vital partner for Southeast Asia amid the polarizing implications of the ongoing power struggle between the U.S. and China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023
Southeast Asia lags in electric vehicles. Can it catch up?
About 80% of the vehicles in Southeast Asia are two- and three-wheelers — meaning EV transition will differ greatly from countries motivated to the electrify cars.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2023
South Asia’s looming water war
The Indus Waters Treaty is nowhere near meeting India's needs and it is in Pakistan’s interest to remedy that.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2023
The world ignores Myanmar’s plight at its peril
Nearly two years on from a brutal military coup, the country has slid into civil war. A failed state in the heart of Asia benefits no one.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 22, 2023
Bullish calls mount as Asian stocks go on a tear in the new year
China has received most of the spotlight in Asia’s rally, with the MSCI China Index surging more than 50% since end-October.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 10, 2023
Testing times ahead for Beijing
Will China's ideological doubling down on the state over the market continue to impede its overall economic growth performance?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2022
The Asian nations bringing Washington and Beijing together
Southeast Asian nations have been playing a key role in mediating tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2022
MUFG weighs more share buybacks to boost returns as cash grows
The plan underscores the challenges facing Japan's biggest banks as they weigh how to invest billions of dollars in profits amid ultralow interest rates and tepid loan demand at home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2022
Southeast Asia’s reliance on not taking a stand is a dangerous bet
Southeast Asian nations trying to distance themselves from the increasingly contentious relationship between China and Western governments makes sense for a lot of reasons but is also dangerous.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 16, 2022
How dams built by China starve the Mekong River delta of vital sediment
An analysis of satellite data shows how the dams are impacting agriculture along Southeast Asia's longest river.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2022
Why Japan still leads in Southeast Asian infrastructure investment
Tokyo's position as the top investor allows it to not only counter Beijing's growing clout in the region but also promote key economic and foreign policy objectives.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 14, 2022
Intensifying geopolitical rivalries dominate ASEAN summits
ASEAN nations are working to ensure the current geopolitical dynamics between China and the U.S. do not turn into a new Cold War.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2022
Cyber criminals hold Asian tech workers captive in scam factories
Thousands of people, many with tech skills, have been lured by social media advertisements promising well-paid jobs in Southeast Asia only to find themselves forced to defraud strangers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2022
Polarized world means the end of ASEAN as we know it
Geopolitical shifts have exposed new divisions within ASEAN, and the group's continued relevance will depend on its ability to set more realistic goals.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
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