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High food and energy prices in the Philippines constrained consumer spending, a key economic driver which continued to post slower growth.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 9, 2026
Philippine economic slump worsens on Iran war and bad weather
The slowdown is raising questions about the central bank’s rate-hike cycle and heaping pressure on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
A Taiwanese Coast Guard patrol ship during a rescue drill in the South China Sea in November 2016
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2026
Philippines exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan to protect cables
The Philippines and Taiwan have repeatedly complained about Chinese activities designed to pressure the countries without direct confrontation.
A man uses a mobile phone during a jeepney ride in Cavite, Philippines, on Monday, the same day the lower house of the country's Congress approved a measure banning access to social media platforms for children under 13.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2026
Philippines lower house approves bill restricting minors’ social media access
The Philippines is the latest country to try to curb social media use by children, as concern grows over its effects on their health and safety.
A model of LNG storage tanks at the China National Offshore Oil Corporation booth at an international trade fair in Beijing in September 2025
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2026
The LNG boom is losing its biggest Asian bet
Stung by high costs and supply uncertainty, Asian governments are busy throwing those forecasts on the bonfire.
Fruit bats rest on tree branches inside a temple complex in India
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Sep 25, 2026
Study reveals evolutionary history of bats, dating back 65 million years
The largest combined bat genome and fossil study ever conducted is bringing some clarity to the puzzling past of the flying vertebrates.
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte prepares to leave the Quezon City Regional Trial Court after the postponement of her arraignment in Quezon City, Philippines, on Sept. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
Philippine Senate’s lowering of voting threshold raises stakes for Sara Duterte
The Senate cleared a motion making the constitutional requirement for a two-thirds vote to convict cover only the votes of those present.
Adelaida Kakazu
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2026
Philippine-born woman plans first visit to father’s native Okinawa
The 90-year-old second-generation Japanese woman was separated from her father after World War II.
Filipino chieftain Petronila Munoz points at the proposed land where the Pax Silica Hub might be built in Capas, Tarlac province, the Philippines, on Sept. 2.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2026
Philippine tribe in limbo over U.S.-led tech hub
Philippines pushes ahead with semiconductor hub while local tribe warns of unclear boundaries and forced relocation.
A Philippine government boat and a China Coast Guard vessel are involved in an altercation in the South China Sea in this screen shot taken from video shared to X by Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Jay Tarriela on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 19, 2026
Philippines says Chinese ship ‘rammed’ government vessel in South China Sea
China’s coast guard subsequently blamed the actions of the Philippine vessel, which it said “bears full responsibility for the incident.”
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte appears before the International Criminal Court, as the court hears arguments regarding Duterte's health and ability to stand trial, while he faces murder charges related to his war on drugs, in The Hague on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2026
Former Philippine leader Duterte appears before ICC judges for first time
Rodrigo Duterte, 81, served as president from 2016 to 2022, before being charged with crimes against humanity.
A participant attends the annual Pride Festival in Hanoi in September 2019. States seeking to stifle work that challenges imposed norms are clearly trying to suppress LGBTQ activism and the community's artistic expression.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2026
Art, surveillance and the politics of memory in Southeast Asia
Moral policing and repression across SE Asia increasingly target artists, especially queer and trans creators, threatening cultural expression.
Philippine Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro in Singapore in May
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2026
Philippine defense chief says China could exploit cuts in U.S.-South Korean drills
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Washington had assured Manila that its commitments to the Philippines remained unchanged.
A satellite view of a Chinese Coast Guard ship at Antelope Reef in the South China Sea on July 8
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2026
China piles pressure on Taiwan with new patrols off Pacific coast
China has deployed on average of two Coast Guard cutters per month east of Taiwan since June.
A sidewalk near the the place where a Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in the Chinese city of Shenzhen in September 2024
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2026
Free legal consultation service expanding for Japanese abroad
The initiative was first introduced in China last year and has since been launched in the Philippines and Thailand.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Noshiro Mogami-class frigate. Experts expect Tokyo and Seoul's first significant competition in terms of arms sales to occur in the naval surface combatant market.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 6, 2026
Can Japan take on South Korea in the race to sell warships?
Tokyo’s growing appetite for overseas sales of defense equipment will draw it into markets Seoul has spent decades cultivating.
A satellite view of Yagong Reef in the Crescent Group of the Paracel Islands of the South China Sea on April 2
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2026
New installations emerge on islet as China accelerates South China Sea build-up
Analysts say Beijing could be building its largest military base in the disputed area.
People dine near a television screen showing a news report on China Coast Guard patrols and law?enforcement operations around Taiwan, at a restaurant in Beijing last December.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2026
With eyes on blockade, China tests boosted presence east of Taiwan: study
China is ramping up its maritime presence in the area, an apparent bid to establish jurisdiction in the waters and counter Japan-Philippine cooperation.
Kazuhiko Takahashi, 98, the oldest war-bereaved family member to attend Saturday’s ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of World War II in Tokyo, speaks during an interview on Aug. 5 in Kawasaki.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2026
Man who lost brother in WWII urges people to remember 3.1 million Japanese lives lost
With the war a distant memory for many, Kazuhiko Takahashi marked the 81st anniversary of the war’s end with a pledge to pursue peace.
An aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship navigating near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, from a Philippine Coast Guard aircraft carrying journalists in August 2025
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 9, 2026
U.S. says China’s Scarborough Shoal claim ‘destabilizing’ region
Beijing announced new rules for the area’s management in recent days that prohibit fishing and mining without prior approval.
Vendors prepare shoes for sale at a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 24, 2019.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Asia’s energy-starved nations go dark as Hormuz tensions drag on
The cost of gasoline in parts of the region spiked after U.S. strikes on Iran in disrupted energy supplies.
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.
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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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