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People chant slogans during an election campaign rally for candidate Mamunul Haque, head of the Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, ahead of the national election, in Mohammadpur area, in Dhaka on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
China set to widen footprint in Bangladesh as India’s ties decline
Beijing’s influence in Bangladesh is likely to deepen after this week’s election, although politicians and analysts say India is too large a neighbor to be sidelined completely.
A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building following sentencing in a national security collusion trial, in Hong Kong on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
China to deepen Hong Kong security focus as Jimmy Lai case stirs outcry
Beijing’s State Council has outlined plans to strengthen security in the city, naming finance and shipping among areas of focus.
A People's Liberation Army Air Force Chengdu J-20S stealth fighter jet. China sent an average of 5.4 aircraft per day across the median line of the Taiwan Strait in January, the lowest number since Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te took office.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
China sends fewer flights near Taiwan in sign of training shift
Beijing sent an average of 5.4 aircraft per day across the median line of the Taiwan Strait in January, the fewest since Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te took office.
Singapore’s stalled birthrate reflects a broader pattern across wealthy Asian economies where higher living standards, shifting values and gender imbalances have made low fertility persistent and resistant to quick policy fixes.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2026
Why Asia can’t undo decades of falling fertility rates
The challenge is shared by most successful nations. Ultralow fertility is a byproduct of rapid development and elevated living standards.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday, a day after her ruling coalition secured an overwhelming majority in Sunday’s Lower House vote.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 10, 2026
Takaichi’s big win: A major victory for hard-nosed realism
The turnout was driven primarily by a craving for security. Voters rallied behind Takaichi’s willingness to stand up to Chinese economic coercion and disinformation campaigns.
Attendees watch a cybersecurity presentation during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, on April 26, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
CIA looks to speed up access to new tech in race against China
The U.S. spy agency announced plans for a new acquisition framework that would cut red-tape and optimize vendor vetting to quicken the ability deploy more innovative tools.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong in 2020. A Hong Kong court sentenced Lai to 20 years in prison on Monday, following a yearslong, high-profile national security trial that rights groups and Western nations have condemned as a symbol of the city's shriveling press freedoms.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2026
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai given 20 years’ prison after national security trial
The founder of the shuttered Apple Daily newspaper was first arrested in August 2020 and was ​convicted last year.
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, addresses the media in the Oval Office on Sept. 5, the day he signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2026
Trump has killed American deterrence
Trump has shown countless times that he cannot keep promises. His reversals on TikTok, tariffs and Ukraine demonstrate that his commitments have the lifespan of a mayfly.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrive on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 28.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 9, 2026
Takaichi’s victory holds a foreign-policy lesson for the U.S.
Simply relying on China to alienate its neighbors will not lead to a more stable Indo-Pacific region.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong on June 16, 2020
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2026
After years of legal battles, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces sentencing
Lai’s plight has been criticized by global leaders spotlighting a yearslong crackdown following mass pro-democracy protests in ‍2019.
Bangladeshi workers load empty ballot boxes onto a truck at the Election Commission building in Dhaka on Saturday ahead of the upcoming national elections.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
Bangladesh elections test ties with India as China deepens outreach
The Feb. 12 poll will be the nation’s first since a student-led uprising toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic regime in August 2024.
Artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei in London on Jan. 29
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
Ai Weiwei on China, the West and shrinking space for dissent
Speaking ahead of the launch of his new book, the artist and dissident discussed visiting China after a decade and what he sees as the erosion of free speech in the West.
A U.S.-made TOW-2A wire-guided anti-tank missile is launched by Taiwanese soldiers from an M1167 TOW carrier vehicle at the Fangshan training grounds in Pingtung, Taiwan, in August 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 7, 2026
Taiwan to seek extension of arms deals with U.S. amid budget standoff
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has ‍urged the opposition to approve the spending proposal, saying that any delay could postpone much-needed weapons deliveries.
China's air force performs during an aerial flying display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Center on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 7, 2026
China flexes its muscle at Singapore Airshow as U.S. isolated
Regional delegations paid close attention to Beijing as it sharpened its bid for influence in Southeast Asia.
A member of China's People's Liberation Army stands as DF-5C nuclear missiles are displayed during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 7, 2026
U.S. accuses China of secret nuclear testing
The accusations came a day after the treaty limiting U.S. and Russian missile and warhead deployments expired.
China’s promise of stability is undercut by its tendency toward coercion and control, leaving middle powers still reliant on the U.S. for security and deterrence.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2026
Memo to middle powers: Time for a reality check
Middle powers do not design the system they inhabit. They can maneuver inside it, but they cannot wish away the forces that set the boundaries of that maneuvering.
Nippon Steel is forecasting a ¥70 billion net loss for the fiscal year through next month, up from ¥60 billion, partly due to a fire that broke out at a plant in Muroran, Hokkaido, last December.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2026
Nippon Steel projects larger full-year loss than expected
The steelmaker is now projecting a consolidated net loss of ¥70 billion as consequences of a fire at a plant in Muroran, Hokkaido, hit its bottom line.
A missile being prepared to be loaded onto a fighter jet during a military exercise at Chiayi Air Base in Taiwan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 6, 2026
Taiwan’s political standoff stalls $40 billion defense plan
Opposition lawmakers refuse to consider Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s ambitious spending plan without government concessions, sparking criticism in Washington.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2026
Trump endorses Takaichi in Sunday’s election and announces March 19 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump has again broken with tradition, offering his “total endorsement” of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her ruling bloc.
Attendees watch a presentation at the Palo Alto Networks booth during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, in 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 6, 2026
Hackers hit sensitive targets in 37 nations in vast spying plot
An Asian cyberespionage group has spent the past year breaking into computer systems belonging to governments and critical infrastructure organizations.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.

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