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Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib pays fine, meeting condition for house arrest
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Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib pays fine, meeting condition for house arrest
Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim granted Najib a conditional pardon in September.
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Top U.N. court to rule on Myanmar’s Rohingya genocide case
While the ICJ can’t enforce its decisions, a ruling that Myanmar committed genocide would put more international pressure on leader Min Aung Hlaing.
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How purchases of sanctioned Iranian jet fuel were disguised by Myanmar
The lengths taken to disguise the trade suggest U.S. sanctions are biting, but Iranian jet fuel has continued to flow.
The KL Tower and other buildings shrouded by haze in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 21. Schools in neighboring Singapore have been closed and respiratory complaints have been skyrocketing, but existing legal frameworks offer little recourse to tackles transboundary air pollution.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2026
Indonesia’s neighbors powerless as smoke from monthlong wildfires shuts schools
Respiratory complaints have been skyrocketing, but existing legal frameworks offer little recourse to tackles transboundary air pollution.
A drone view of the site of Legend Innovation, also known as Meun Chey Commercial City or Legend Park, linked to online scam operations and forced labour abuses, in Tbong Wat village in Cambodia’s Prey Veng province this month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2026
Cambodia to target scam ‘masterminds’ as critics question crackdown’s effectiveness
By Poppy McPherson
After COVID, Cambodia became a hub for scam centers where workers are trafficked, kept in grim conditions and forced to defraud strangers online.
Women take part in a protest in New Delhi on August 2024 against the rape and murder of a doctor in India's West Bengal state.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2026
India rape cases turn focus back onto women’s safety
By Uzmi ATHAR
The incidents have raised questions about why sweeping legal reforms and tougher punishments have failed to curb sexual violence.
Police stand outside a closed cyberscam center in Kandal province, Cambodia, on Sept. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2026
Cambodia to target casinos in next phase of anti-scam sweep
By Philip J. Heijmans
Cambodian Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith says that some casinos, though licensed, are suspected of involvement in online scams and gambling.
An aerial view shows a closed cyberscam center compound in Cambodia's Prey Veng province on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2026
Cambodia showcases scam crackdown with conference amid growing pressure
Southeast Asia has emerged as a hub for crime syndicates running centers filled with scammers — some willing, some trafficked.
Experts warn of a growing multimillion-dollar trade in endangered animals to feed demand among wealthy Indians seeking exotic status symbols to flaunt on social media.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2026
Baby orangutans in India expose ‘frightening’ scale of trafficking
Officials warn of a growing trade in endangered animals to feed demand among wealthy Indians seeking exotic status symbols to flaunt on social media.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks to journalists outside the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in August 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2026
Najib wins house arrest in Malaysia’s 1MDB corruption case
The pardon, however, is conditional upon former Prime Minister Najib Razak paying a 50 million ringgit ($12.3 million) fine.

Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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