China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after...
China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions,...
View ArticleJapan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?
Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.”
View ArticleUkrainian-born Miss Japan rekindles an old question: What does it mean to be...
Crowned Miss Japan on Jan. 22, Ukrainian-born Carolina Shiino cried with joy, thankful for the recognition of her identity as Japanese.
View ArticleMalaysia’s new king is an outspoken billionaire in a role with growing...
The billionaire sultan who rules Malaysia’s Johor state was sworn in as the nation’s new king Wednesday under a unique rotating monarchy system.
View ArticleUkrainian-born Miss Japan gives up her title after an article reveals her...
The Ukrainian-born winner of this year’s Miss Japan beauty pageant and the contest’s organizers say she has renounced her title after a magazine published an article about her affair with a married man.
View ArticleLunar New Year in the Philippines draws crowds to one of the world’s oldest...
Crowds are flocking to Chinatown in the Philippine capital to usher in the Year of the Wood Dragon and experience lively traditional dances on lantern-lit streets with food, lucky charms and prayers...
View ArticleThailand made pot legal two years ago. That could change soon
Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on “recreational” use.
View ArticleOn Valentine’s Day, LGBTQ+ activists in Japan call for the right for same-sex...
Activists and LGBTQ+ community members handed out colorful chocolate candy for Valentine’s Day in Tokyo this week, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch of a legal battle to achieve marriage...
View ArticleSouth Korean and US troops will begin major exercises next week in response...
South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their expanded annual military drills next week in response to North Korea's evolving nuclear threats, the two countries said Wednesday, a move that will likely...
View ArticlePritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who values community in spaces both...
The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan’s Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field’s highest honor for what organizers called a long career focused on “multiplying opportunities for people...
View ArticleFrozen in time: Families of those on missing Flight 370 cannot shake off...
Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies.
View ArticleAsia’s richest family hosted a spectacular weekend for son’s pre-wedding
What happens when the son of Asia’s richest man is about to get married?
View ArticleAfter the pandemic, young Chinese again want to study abroad, just not so...
In the Chinese city of Shanghai, two young women seeking an education abroad have both decided against going to the United States, a destination of choice for decades that may be losing its shine.
View ArticleHong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve law that gives government more power...
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown...
View ArticleVietnam’s vice president becomes interim president
Vietnam’s Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will serve as acting president after the previous president’s resignation a year into the position, a Communist Party newspaper reported Thursday.
View ArticleIndia celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color, marking the reawakening...
Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a...
View ArticleStrongest earthquake in 25 years rocks Taiwan, killing 9 people and trapping...
The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, trapping dozens in quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the...
View ArticleIn Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a...
Their days often began at the crack of dawn.
View ArticleChinese President Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on...
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing Wednesday in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949.
View ArticleVietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its...
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said.
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