22 Sep 2026 - 1:01am

The cultural superpower of One Piece Manga saved Japan’s reputation

Christopher Harding

22.09

Could a woman rule North Korea? Kim Jong Un’s daughter could be next in line

Elizabeth Norton

12.08

How Pakistan seduced Trump Islamabad is the linchpin of Asian diplomacy

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

07.02

The cost of Russia’s collapsing empire Chaos is spreading across Eurasia

Robert D. Kaplan

07.12

In defence of Weebs Japan obsessives are nostalgic for a long-lost Britain

Christopher Harding

31.10

The colonial hypocrisy of Japan The nation still sees itself as the liberator of Asia

Eri Hotta

16.08

The lethal liberty of Singapore The death penalty is part of the state's identity

Jeevan Vasagar

13.03

Will we ever solve the mystery of MH370? A new Netflix documentary fails to ask the right questions

Thomas Fazi

09.01

Will rural China survive the Covid wave? The countryside doesn't fit into Xi's national story

Rana Mitter

14.10

China has given up on the West President Xi's inward turn is finally bearing fruit

Bill Hayton

09.08

China can’t afford to invade Taiwan Outright escalation would cripple Beijing

George Magnus

05.08

How Chinese is Taiwan? President Xi is rewriting Beijing's colonial past

Bill Hayton