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Arun Devnath
Pedestrians pass the nuclear plant that sits on the banks of the Padma river in western Bangladesh.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 12, 2026
A nuclear debut in Bangladesh tests developing world¡¯s atomic shift
The project is an audacious bet that nuclear power can meet the needs of an industrializing economy without breaking the bank ¡ª other developing nations will be watching closely.
Bangladesh's President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) shakes hands with newly sworn?in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the South Plaza of the parliament building, following the BNP's landslide victory in the national polls, in Dhaka on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 18, 2026
India seeks reset with Bangladesh as new leader takes oath
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made overtures to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in recent months in an effort to rebuild ties.
Sheikh Hasina, then the prime minister of Bangladesh, in her office in Dhaka on June 11, 2023
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2024
Swift downfall of iron-fisted Sheikh Hasina marks new era in Bangladesh
Hasina saw her 15-year rule as Bangladesh¡¯s prime minister unravel over the course of a bloody weekend that left scores of people dead.
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set for a fifth term in office following polls that her opponents and voters have boycotted.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2024
Bangladesh prime minister extends rule in poll shunned by rivals
Voters heeded a campaign by the opposition to shun the election and draw attention to the sweeping crackdown Sheikh Hasina¡¯s government carried out in its run-up.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2022
Qatar World Cup spotlights health risks of a hotter planet
Researchers see a troubling pattern emerging among low-income migrants across the globe¡¯s hottest regions: an epidemic of chronic kidney disease.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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