“We don't want to go back to the system that we used to be in before,” says Kyaw Moe Tun referring to rule by military autocracy....
“We know how to do this. People should take comfort from the fact that sports have delivered big events. Some have had crowds, and not one...
In March, six months after launch, Kirin’s Ichiban Shibori Zero Sugar beer surpassed the company's estimated sales at the fastest rate of sales of any new...
Even though similar machines have existed around the world since the 1880s (for gumballs and postcards!), gachapon has had a place in Japan since 1960.
The joint training indicates progress, but much too slow. The rapid development of the People’s Liberation Army into a daunting force has outstripped the JSDF and...
What can Taiwan and Japan learn from Yoichi Hatta, the Japanese civil engineer responsible for Taiwan’s first dam 100 years ago? Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says...
Mixed signals, poor communications, backward priorities, talk of cancelation, will doom the Games unless the prime minister steps in to ensure priorities are addressed and promises...
Xi’s order to push development of Hainan appears to be partly in response to Hong Kong’s strong lingering resistance to Beijing’s rule. Yet hurdles remain, including...
~~ Izakaya, or Japanese pubs, are home to a wide variety of tasty snacks and drinks, but for many one of their chief allures can be...
“[It is] a message that human rights are fundamental, and democracy is universal. These values are in contrast with what China says is ‘socialism with Chinese’...
Over the final 100 meters of the tight race, Schnell Meister hit his stride with superb closing speed to win by the narrowest of margins, lunging...
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said the Tokyo Olympics will be “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Will that light ever come...