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Buyers look at carts of stuffed toys as they wait to bid on them at the Hamaya wholesale auction site in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, on May 14.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2026
Demand for used goods from Japan grows overseas
In Japan, the thriving secondhand goods market has doubled in value since 2010, according to market researchers, and multiple Japanese reuse companies are expanding across Asia.
Siranudh "Psi" Scott, a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the Singha beer brand, in Bangkok on May 24
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2026
Thai beer dynasty feud casts spotlight on ¡®ungrateful child¡¯ law
The law enables parents to revoke gifts if their offspring are deemed ungrateful, physically abusive, neglectful in old age or responsible for serious reputational harm.
Siranudh "Psi" Scott, a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the Singha beer brand, poses after an interview in Bangkok on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2026
Thai beer heir sexual abuse allegations ignite rare public reckoning
The high-profile case within the wealthy Thai beer brewing family has prompted a wave of painful accounts from survivors of unconnected abuse in the conservative country.
A vendor sells durian from a cart on a street in Bangkok's Chinatown on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 3, 2026
Bangkok food vendor curbs push city staple from the streets
Convenient, full of flavor and popular among residents and tourists alike, Bangkok¡¯s street food is one of the city¡¯s signatures.
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, center, leader of the People's Party, delivers a concession speech at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 11, 2026
Thailand¡¯s progressive party moves backward in polls
Expectations were high ahead of Sunday¡¯s poll but the party ended up a distant second, according to preliminary results.
A Cambodian flag is displayed in front of shipping containers and barbed wire, installed by Thai forces, blocking a road in Chouk Chey village in Banteay Meanchey province on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
A tale of two villages: Cambodians lament Thailand¡¯s border gains
Thai forces took control of several patches of disputed land along the border during fighting last year, which could amount to several square kilometers in total.
People stand beside a crater in front of a damaged police station following clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers in Boeung Trakoun village in Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2026
Thailand says Cambodia border strike wounds soldier and violates truce
Thailand¡¯s army said Cambodia claimed that a fresh cross-border fire was an accident, after Bangkok accused Cambodian forces of violating a 10-day truce.
Construction at the KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township on Sept. 17, seen from across the Thai border
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2025
Hundreds flee to Thailand after latest raid on Myanmar scam center
A recent investigation revealed construction at several compounds, while Starlink receivers had been installed apparently connecting the hubs to the satellite internet network.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared of royal defamation charges on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 22, 2025
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra acquitted of royal insult charges
The ruling eases one of the threats to Thaksin¡¯s embattled dynasty, which has dominated the nation¡¯s politics for two decades.
Military attaches and diplomats from 13 countries observe the implementation of the Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire agreement next to a destroyed building by the An Ses border checkpoint in Cambodia's Preah Vihear province on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia trade allegations of truce-breaking
U.N. rights chief Volker Turk urged the neighboring nations to implement their ceasefire deal in full and take rapid steps to build confidence and peace.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok on July 9
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2025
Thai ex-PM Thaksin appears on stand in royal defamation case
Thaksin faces up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted in the closed-door trial in Bangkok, where he stands accused of breaching strict lese majeste laws.
Anti-government protesters gather at the Victory Monument during a protest calling for Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to resign after her leaked phone call with former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the Thailand-Cambodia border dispute, in Bangkok, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 28, 2025
Thousands call for Thai prime minister¡¯s resignation
Around 4,000 demonstrators filled roads ringing the capital¡¯s Victory Monument, waving Thai flags and cheering for speeches interspersed with live music.
A Thai police officer talks with people waiting to cross the closed Ban Khlong Luek International Border Checkpoint between Thailand and Cambodia, in the Aranyaprathet district of Thailand's Sa Kaeo province on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2025
Border confusion as Thailand shuts land crossings with Cambodia
Thailand has closed crossing points in in all seven border provinces to everyone except students and those seeking medical treatment.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra takes a photo with a supporter alongside his daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra (right), in Chiang Mai on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 14, 2024
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra makes first appearance after jail release
The controversial billionaire, ousted in a 2006 military coup, prayed at a Bangkok shrine before flying to Chiang Mai to meet family and supporters.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®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.
¡®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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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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
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