Japan has been shifting its defense focus toward Southeast Asia over the past decades, a process that has accelerated under ...

Japan’s decision to more than double its Official Security Assistance (OSA) allocation in fiscal year 2026—to approximately ...

Drawn by cheap valuations and the need to diversify portfolios, foreign funds have poured $337 million into Southeast Asia’s ...

The global shift to renewable energy is poised to shape 21st-century geopolitics, much as fossil fuels did in the 20th. While China is investing in green technology to advance both economic and ...

Economic and geopolitical necessity drives ASEAN countries to stand against isolationism and choose economic openness.

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Japan’s Defense Minister Kihara Minoru (left) attends the signing ceremony of the Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) along with (from left) Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, ...

In 2024, ESET researchers noticed previously undocumented malware in the network of a Southeast Asian governmental entity. This led us to uncover even more new malware on the same system, none of ...

Asia’s manufacturing activity split across the region’s various hubs in August with Indonesia and Thailand powering ahead while South Korea and Japan cooled as tariffs weighed on output. In Indonesia, ...

A deal with China is under negotiation, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying an August 12 deadline might be postponed again to allow more time for talks. Steep tariffs on U.S. imports of ...

Last week, the Australian government announced it will raise its cap on foreign students by 9%, to 295,000, and will prioritize applicants from Southeast Asia. Japan aims to increase its foreign ...