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The half-abandoned Japanese island at the heart of tensions with China

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Emperor Naruhito watches Ohtani and Japan survive scare against Australia at World Baseball Classic

Sun

Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16

Fri

Philippines orders energy cuts in response to Middle East war

Fri

Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political negotiations over release

Fri

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition

Thu

Oil price continues to rise amid Middle East crisis but stock markets rebound across Asia

Thu

Social climber: Punch the monkey starts to outgrow his Ikea plushie

Thu

China sets lowest GDP growth target for decades as it braces for economic slowdown

Thu

Why does Yao Ming, the 7ft 6in ex-basketballer, attend China’s Two Sessions meetings?

Thu

Papua New Guinea offers cash for guns as amnesty opens to combat escalating tribal violence

Thu

Jordanian arrested for visa offences after alleged Bondi attackers visited his coffee shop during Philippines stay

Wed

China’s Two Sessions: what are the meetings and why do they matter?

Tue

New Zealand coalition votes to make English an official language as critics slam ‘cynical’ bill

Tue

China calls for vessels in strait of Hormuz to be protected amid soaring shipping costs

Tue

‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran

Tue

Trump’s show of force in the Middle East creates a weakness China can exploit

Tue

China’s Two Sessions to reveal Xi’s economic and defence plans as military purge casts shadow

Tue

Shark culls brought in after fatal attack cause division and anger in New Caledonia

Mon

‘You can’t hide from the invisible’: why Bangkok police make arrests in disguise

Feb 28

North Korea’s ‘most beloved’ child: what the key congress revealed about Kim Jong-un’s succession plans

Feb 27

Boss of theatre hosting Chinese dance group Shen Yun in Sydney won’t be intimidated by ‘outrageous’ threats

Feb 27

Jacinda Ardern living and working in Australia after move from US

Feb 26

US man deported from Bali after 11 years in prison for ‘suitcase murder’ of then-girlfriend’s mother

Feb 25

Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan by 2031, says defence minister

Feb 25

South Korea’s birthrate rises for second year with experts saying ‘echo boomers’ behind boost

Feb 25

Anger over plans to abolish New Zealand’s dedicated environment ministry

Feb 25

Temple of boom! Why Taiwan’s religious sites are becoming unlikely rave venues

Feb 24

Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’

Feb 24

HBO Max Continues Rollout With 12 Asia Pacific Launches

Feb 24

BTS comeback show sells out immediately as 260,000 fans set to descend on Seoul

Feb 24

US accuses China of ‘massively’ expanding nuclear arsenal amid fears of new arms race

Feb 24

Drugs, denial and stigma: the babies and children swept up in Fiji’s HIV nightmare

Feb 24

The tragedy of Punch the monkey: why do mother animals abandon their offspring?

Feb 23

Duterte refuses to attend ICC pre-trial hearing, as former Philippine leader’s ‘drug war’ case begins

Feb 23

The influencer racing to save Thailand’s most endangered sea mammal

Jan 20

Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online

Dec 24