Paper recycling consultant Bill Moore says several countries have enacted policies that can boost recovered paper collection ...

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

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

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

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, ...

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 ...

Hiring of senior investment bankers jumped 60% across Asia-Pacific in 2025 amid a pickup in deal flow, according to a survey ...

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 ...

For decades, biologists assumed a single ‘turtle tick’ crawled across much of Asia. Now detailed DNA and microscope work show ...