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Ukraine sees path to Japanese arms after Tokyo eases export rules
Japan has linked Ukraine’s fate to its own security as it faces China’s growing military power.
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Why Singapore, Thailand are among the world’s ‘happiest’ economies
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4 killed in second Indonesia train crash in days
4 hours ago
East Asia
Tokyo man who attacked teens with hammer arrested after manhunt
He also struck another high school student who sustained minor injuries.
4 hours ago
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A police officer investigates the scene where a high school student was struck on the head with a hammer by a man in Fussa, western Tokyo, on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
Economics
Deadly train crash in Indonesia exposes severe safety gaps, dangerous crossings
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto pledges to spend US$230 million to upgrade level crossings after the accident that killed 16 passengers.
6 hours ago
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Gold loses its shimmer in Asia over rising oil prices, hawkish Fed stance
Demand for the metal is likely to remain weak, with central banks not expected to cut interest rates for some time due to high energy prices.
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Health & Environment
Elephants never forget? Malaysians demand Japan return ‘homesick’ trio
One video shows Dara, Amoi and Kelat responding to their names in Malay while another reportedly reveals one of the elephants ‘weeping’.
1 May 2026 - 4:13PM
The three Malaysian elephants stand in their enclosure at the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka. Photo: Facebook/The Patriot Studio
Australasia
Riot erupts over Australian indigenous girl’s suspected killer
About 400 indigenous people gathered at the hospital where the suspect was taken after being beaten unconscious by locals.
1 May 2026 - 4:10PM
Economics
Singapore PM reassures workers over AI fears, vows job opportunities
The city state cannot promise there will be no disruption from the new technology but it will protect every worker, the prime minister says.
6 hours ago
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Lifestyle & Culture
‘Moral harm’: Malaysia’s culture war brigade tries to hose down water festival
Kuala Lumpur’s Rain Rave Water Music Festival faces backlash from critics who argue that such vulgar imports hurt conservative values.
1 May 2026 - 4:10PM
Southeast Asia
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest
State media broadcast a photograph of the Nobel laureate flanked by two uniformed personnel – the first public image of her in years.
1 May 2026 - 1:59PM
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Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in New York in September 2012. Photo: AFP
Lifestyle & Culture
Japan’s higher education sector faces reckoning as student pool shrinks
The potential abolition of so many universities is a ‘dramatic move’ that analysts warn will affect thousands of students and teachers.
6 hours ago
Health & Environment
Japan survey finds sexual abuse at 15% of hospitals. Is the true scale higher?
Under-reporting is a concern as children and severely disabled patients may not know how to voice their complaints.
1 May 2026 - 6:32PM
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Economics
What’s behind Japan’s novel move to share Mogami warship design with India?
Tokyo has offered to give Delhi the plans to its US$500-million Mogami-class ship so that it can be built in India using Japanese materials.
30 Apr 2026 - 7:07PM
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Southeast Asia
‘Easy pickings’: Singapore jails 3 Chinese nationals over burglary spree
They were part of a group of men who travelled to Singapore from Malaysia multiple times to try breaking into homes to steal valuables.
1 May 2026 - 10:08AM
Singapore’s skyline. Three Chinese nationals received jail terms for a social media-fuelled burglary spree targeting wealthy homes in the city state. Photo: AFP
East Asia
Man arrested in Japan for burning wife’s body in zoo incinerator
While alive, the victim once told her relatives that Tatsuya Suzuki was threatening to ‘burn you until no trace of you will be left’.
1 May 2026 - 2:40PM
Politics
Iran war tests India’s Brics leadership as ‘political relevance’ questions mount
With Brics members Iran and the UAE as belligerents, the bloc has failed to reach a common position on the Middle East conflict.
30 Apr 2026 - 7:49PM
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Economics
Mixed bag: Indonesia’s 8% growth dream hits a plastic ceiling
Soaring packaging costs amid the Iran war hint at a deeper malaise as the middle class contracts and growth hits a plateau.
26 Apr 2026 - 10:01AM
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A woman shops for vegetables in Depok, Indonesia, earlier this month near a sign asking customers to bring their own shopping bags. Photo: Reuters
Health & Environment
Shock therapy: war forces oil-addicted Asia to finally go green
Burned by soaring energy prices, Southeast Asian nations are racing to future-proof themselves against the volatility of war.
18 Apr 2026 - 8:00AM
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Politics
Japan’s Middle East oil habit gets an Iran war reality check
Almost all of Japan’s oil comes from the Middle East. A closed strait turned that dependence into a trap.
11 Apr 2026 - 8:00AM
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Lifestyle & Culture
Cultural capitals: Southeast Asia seeks soft power to outlast the buzz
The region’s creators are going global, but the structures to sustain them are still catching up.
4 Apr 2026 - 9:50AM
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Why Singapore, Thailand are among the world’s ‘happiest’ economies
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Deadly train crash in Indonesia exposes severe safety gaps, dangerous crossings
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Gold loses its shimmer in Asia over rising oil prices, hawkish Fed stance
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Elephants never forget? Malaysians demand Japan return ‘homesick’ trio
1 May 2026 - 4:13PM
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