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Mui, a woman who suffered persistent child sexual abuse for years, poses for a photo in Hong Kong on June 16 after speaking on the condition of anonymity about her childhood experience.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2026
Survivors warn of loopholes in Hong Kong sexual offense reforms
Long-awaited changes will introduce stricter penalties for sexual crimes, but some say they don¡¯t bar the defense of ¡°mistaken belief¡± or improve protections enough for children.
As governments increasingly prioritize security and economic interests, democracy and human rights face new challenges in a changing world order.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / Interview
Jul 20, 2026
Can human rights survive the era of great-power competition?
Human Rights Watch¡¯s Maya Wang explains why democracy and human rights remain worth fighting for.
The reported decision to let lapse a U.S. executive ?order issued during President Donald Trump's first term in response to Beijing's imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong would mark ?a significant reversal for Washington, and comes after recent trade talks between the two sides.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 18, 2026
U.S. partially restores Hong Kong status revoked by Trump, drawing praise from China
The 2020 executive order over China¡¯s security crackdown on Hong Kong had imposed sanctions on individuals associated with it and suspended special economic and trade privileges.
An independent bookstore employee is being led away by policemen after the officers raided the "Have A Nice Stay" bookshop and confiscated items in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 16, 2026
Hong Kong police raid independent bookstore run by former journalists
Police said it searched two shops after being alerted to books with ¡°seditious intention¡± found in a shipment from overseas.
Tokyo police have arrested four people over an attempted theft at a multistory parking lot at Haneda Airport in the capital's Ota Ward in January.
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Jul 2, 2026
Four arrested over attempted theft before Haneda Airport cash ambush
The Metropolitan Police Department suspects that the four mistook the victim, a man in his 20s, for their intended target.
A 33-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man have been detained by Hong Kong police for allegedly selling items "with seditious intent."
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2026
Hong Kong arrests two for allegedly selling ¡®seditious¡¯ material
Local outlets reported one of the items being sold was a biography of jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai.
Hong Kong's chief executive officer, John Lee, speaks at a news conference in Beijing in December.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2026
The sudden death of judicial reviews in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee can now certify anything as ¡°endangering national security¡± and thus restrict freedom of expression.
HSBC, the biggest insurance provider in Hong Kong last year by new business premiums, on average added nearly 800,000 new bank customers annually in ?2024 and ?2025, with a big chunk of them being mainland visitors.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 11, 2026
Beijing¡¯s investment clampdown clouds outlook for Hong Kong banks and insurers
Analysts and financial executives say China¡¯s crackdown could in the near term weigh on money flows to Hong Kong due to concerns about greater scrutiny of capital outflows.
Carsten Stoehr, deputy head of Asia Pacific at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., in Singapore, on May 28
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 4, 2026
SMBC moves beyond traditional lending to spur returns
The Japanese lender is utilizing tools such as synthetic risk transfers and loan portfolio sales, Asia-Pacific Deputy Head Carsten Stoehr says.
Claw machines at an arcade center in a shopping mall in Hong Kong on May 11
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2026
¡®Totally hooked¡¯: Hong Kong targets claw machine addiction
Claw machine operators have been able to expand largely unrestricted after a court ruled in 2022 they are not required to possess public entertainment licenses.
Hong Kong's rise in cross-border wealth management "reflects the growing gravitational pull of Asian wealth and capital markets," says Michael Kahlich, a co-author of the study.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2026
Hong Kong beats Switzerland in global wealth management, study finds
There were $2.95 trillion of overseas assets in Hong Kong, based on the volume of foreign capital under management in 2025, compared with $2.946 trillion in Switzerland.
Cases in Britain, the United States and Norway highlight growing concerns over alleged Chinese transnational repression and espionage operations targeting dissidents, activists and sensitive infrastructure across democratic countries.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2026
In a single day, three democracies pushed back against Chinese transnational repression
That three liberal democracies acted against Beijing¡¯s long arm on a single day was not coordinated ¨C but perhaps it should have been.
Sebastien Lai, son of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, poses for a portrait next to a poster featuring his father during an interview in London in December.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2026
Memo to Xi: There is no downside to freeing Jimmy Lai
Lai started his media business following the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in which Chinese authorities killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of their own citizens.
Steven Chong, a resident of Wang Fuk Court estate in Hong Kong, talks to the media carrying items that he retrieved from his fire damaged apartment on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2026
Residents return to ravaged homes months after Hong Kong fire
Officials have advised residents to prepare mentally, and required them to wear face masks, hard hats and gloves before entering their apartments.
The government in Hong Kong has announced a further crackdown on dissent, empowering police ?to demand people provide passwords ?or decryption methods for electronic devices without a court order.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 24, 2026
Hong Kong police given new powers to obtain phone and computer passwords
The city government has announced the new police powers as amendments to the sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020.
Chow Hang-tung speaks to the media outside Tin Shui Wai Police Station in Hong Kong in March 2021 over activists then being held by the authorities. She now faces an incitement to subversion charge over her role in commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2026
Hong Kong¡¯s democracy fight is also a battle for women¡¯s freedom
Despite gendered repression, smear campaigns and imprisonment by Beijing authorities, women in Hong Kong¡¯s pro-democracy movement continue to lead and resist.
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2014. Lai won an appeal on Thursday over a 2022 fraud conviction, days after a court jailed him on separate national security charges.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2026
Hong Kong court overturns China critic Jimmy Lai¡¯s fraud conviction in rare victory
Lai will still remain imprisoned for 20 years in a separate national security case.
Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts as twelve pro-democracy activists appeal their convictions and sentences in a landmark national security case, in Hong Kong on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 23, 2026
Court upholds jailing of 12 activists in ¡®Hong Kong 47¡¯ subversion case
The appeal stems from a case where pro-democracy activists and ?politicians were arrested en masse in early 2021.
Arrivals from China shrank 61% in January from a year earlier, the Japan National Tourism Organization said on Wednesday, citing a shift in the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday and warnings against travel to Japan.
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Feb 19, 2026
Chinese tourist decline fuels first drop in visitors to Japan since pandemic
Arrivals from China shrank 61% in January from a year earlier, compared with a 45% decline in December, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, after his conviction on charges of of ¡°conspiracy to collude with foreign forces,¡± at the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong on Aug. 12, 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 12, 2026
Hong Kong journalists face ¡®precarious¡¯ future after Jimmy Lai jailed
Media bosses ¡°increasingly see themselves as an extension of the government propaganda arm,¡± said Selina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

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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