China faces economic headwinds as it grapples with an aging — and shrinking — population
China's population is shrinking, and the demographic shift will ultimately hurt its economy, shrink the labor force and put pressure on fiscal policy.
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Australia’s Islamophobia problem exposed by Muslim senator’s resignation over Palestine
Payman’s defiant stance against her party’s official position put her on a collision course with the Labor government, which does not recognise Palestinian sovereignty but supports a two-state solution.
America's hypocrisy is the gift that keeps on giving for China
Dien Luong is an associate fellow with the media, technology and society program of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and a doctoral student in communications and media at the University of Michigan.
Victims of Japan’s ‘chikan’ train gropers feel ‘shame for speaking out’. Is society to blame?
More than 10 per cent of young Japanese have experienced sexual groping on trains and other public settings, according to a study by the Cabinet Office, with around 3.4 per cent of 36,000 people interviewed saying they had been molested more than 11 times.
Singapore an ‘outlier’ for racial harmony, but is the approach being challenged?
Singapore’s proactive approach in dealing with racial and religious division has made it an outlier, a cabinet minister has said, but observers warn that convincing the city’s youth to accept the curbing of free speech in the name of social peace will be increasingly difficult.
Japan to issue new banknotes with historic figures that appear to rotate in 3D
In the first design change in 20 years, the 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen bills will have bigger face value numbers printed on them than the current versions, so all people, regardless of age and nationality, can recognise them easily.
Opinion: Here’s why marijuana should not be reclassified as a lower-risk drug
Editor’s Note: Michael Brown is the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices. His career as a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) spanned more than 32 years and saw him involved in the interdiction of multi-ton amounts of marijuana in the United States and overseas. Most recently he was the DEA Headquarters staff coordinator for the Office of Foreign Operations for the Middle East-Europe-Afghanistan-India. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinionat CNN.