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A student enters a school on the first day of China&#039;s National College Entrance Examination known as <i>gaokao</i> in Beijing on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2026
Millions of Chinese students sit for gruelling gaokao
Attitudes toward the test are changing, with students and parents more and more unwilling to trade physical and mental health for high test scores.
One-person company SoloNest founder Karen Dai prepares for a coffee chat at a conference room in Shanghai on April 12.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 22, 2026
Young Chinese use AI to launch one-person firms over job anxiety
Rapidly advancing AI tools are being seen as a welcome teammate even as they threaten layoffs at existing firms.
Zhang Xiaofei looks at her baby, Zhu Wanning, in Langfang, northern China's Hebei province on March 6. Young Chinese say government measures such as free preschool education and annual subsidies do little to alleviate the financial stress of raising a child.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2026
Young Chinese parents tighten belts as child care costs rise
China introduced financial incentives last year, including annual subsidies of 3,600 yuan for each child, but young Chinese say they do little to alleviate financial stress.
People visit a bookstore in Beijing on Dec. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2026
Novel concept: China¡¯s spellbinding bookstores draw selfie snappers
While physical book sales have failed to bounce back in postpandemic China, some bookstores have become tourist hot spots for their photo opportunities.
Estella, 14, a homeschooled student, attends a Spanish class at her home in Shanghai on Nov. 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 30, 2025
Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cutthroat market
Despite China¡¯s ban on homeschooling, the number of homeschoolers has increased annually by around 30% from 2013.
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto celebrates after finishing in third place at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Grenoble, France on Dec. 7, 2024.
OLYMPICS / Winter Sports
Feb 6, 2025
Olympics on horizon as China hosts Asian Winter Games
The Games crucially come just a year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.
Visitors look at a painting of late Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong at an exhibition held by Mao memorabilia collectors in Beijing on Sept. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2024
China¡¯s ¡®red collectors¡¯ cherish bygone Maoist era
Recent decades have seen a resurgence of nostalgia for the Mao era ¡ª despite its horrors ¡ª due in part to its utopian official outlook and fervent patriotic spirit.
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
¡®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.
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&#039;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.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
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&#039;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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn&#039;t just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it&#039;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.

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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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