Asia
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Politics in Japan
Social-media populists have arrived in Japan
A small-town mayor shakes up Tokyo’s election
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No business like sow business
The world’s next food superpower
Farming in India should be about profits and productivity, not poverty
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Bear-hugging bros
Narendra Modi cuddles up to Vladimir Putin in Moscow
India’s prime minister visited amid fresh Russian atrocities in Ukraine
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Going nuclear
Demand for uranium is booming. Who is benefiting?
One Central Asian country stands out above the rest
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The strange death of liberal arts
Why many young Asians are no longer studying history
One city-state is bucking the regional trend
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Banyan
Indians have grown used to getting nice things from politicians
It’s no longer enough to win votes
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A new era begins
Japan’s mind-bending bento-box economics
The paradox of red-hot labour markets, falling demand and rising prices
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Rebels without much cause
Meet the incels and anti-feminists of Asia
They threaten to make the region’s demographic decline even worse
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Beginner’s luck?
Casinos are booming in South-East Asia
Thailand could soon become the latest country to jump on the bandwagon
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Gen Z mayor
Takashima Ryosuke is Japan’s youngest ever mayor
At 27 years old, he is bucking the trend of the country’s gerontocratic politics