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A shepherd riding a scooter herds sheep in a village near the edge of the Gobi Desert on the outskirts of Yumen, Gansu province, China.

BUSINESS

May 28, 2026

Job ad for shepherds goes viral in China exposing labor market strains

More than 700 people applied for two shepherds positions, including urban white-collar employees, factory workers across China?and even university graduates.

Flames and thick smoke rise from multiple residential blocks at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong on Nov. 26.

ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS

Dec 6, 2025

Hong Kong fire came after contractor safety breaches and a residents’ revolt

The contractor had been penalized by the city’s safety regulator more than a dozen times in the years before it was hired to renovate the complex.

Prolonged factory deflation is threatening the survival of smaller Chinese exporters, who are locked in relentless price wars for shrinking business as higher interest rates abroad and rising trade protectionism squeeze demand.

BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS

Feb 5, 2024

China’s small exporters threatened amid price wars and low demand

Producer prices have been falling for 15 straight months, crushing profit margins to the point where industrial output and jobs are now at risk.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS

Oct 14, 2022

Xi faces painful gear shift as China’s investment-led growth sputters

The economic model that underpinned China’s impressive expansion over the past four decades is now unsustainable and in need of a rethink.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Dec 22, 2020

Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision

Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers are expected to emigrate as Beijing tightens its grip over its most restive city.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Aug 28, 2019

‘Now or never’: Hong Kong protesters say they have nothing to lose

Exasperated with the government’s unflinching attitude to escalating civil unrest, Jason Tse quit his job in Australia and jumped on a plane to join what he believes is a do-or-die fight for Hong Kong’s future.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 18, 2019

‘Sing Hallelujah to the Lord’: The unlikely anthem of Hong Kong protests

The Christian hymn “Sing Hallelujah to the Lord” has emerged as the unlikely anthem of Hong Kong’s protests against an extradition bill that have drawn millions of people onto the streets.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS

May 11, 2018

Mahathir Mohamad’s shock election win raises specter of populist economics

Mahathir Mohamad’s shock Malaysian election win has raised concerns that his populist promises could undermine economic prospects at an increasingly challenging time for emerging markets, despite hopes elsewhere that he may revive his bold approach to economic management.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jan 9, 2017

Give us back our troop carriers, Singapore urges Hong Kong

Singapore’s defense minister said Monday that nine armored vehicles seized in Hong Kong could not be detained or confiscated, but that he welcomed Hong Kong’s pledge that the dispute would be handled in line with the its laws.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Tech

Aug 18, 2016

Singapore seeks to turn labor crunch into a robot revolution

Sherine Toh says her best days at work are when none of the 600 or so staffers at Singapore’s Tung Lok Restaurants quits, though such days are rare.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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