Across Nepal, Indonesia, Peru, Madagascar and Morocco, a digitally savvy generation used social media, memes and pop culture ...

China will take back the remaining two pandas hosted by Japan next month, effectively halting a program that has symbolised ...

Eighty years ago, the world won a great victory in the war against fascism. At the cost of tens of millions of lives, ...

A man holds a flag bearing the logo of the popular Japanese manga One Piece, a symbol adopted by Gen Z protest movements ...

This week, Tokyo's Ueno Zoo has been gripped by a sense of warmth and reluctance. People have been lining up to bid farewell ...

Mainland Chinese state media has called for the demolition of a wartime monument in Japan, rekindling a long-standing source ...

Yet cultural resonance alone does not explain the appeal. The “One Piece” flag caught on because it captured real-life grievances. In Nepal, where youth unemployment exceeds 20% and migration for work ...

A 50-year tradition of panda diplomacy appears to be reaching its end with the last pair set to leave amid heightened diplomatic tensions.

A senior official from the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office (Prime Minister’s Official Residence) sparked controversy on the ...

Yet as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the great war, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has chosen to move against the tide of history. Speaking before the Diet, she linked ...

Pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei have lived at Ueno zoo in Tokyo since they were born in 2021. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, the only remaining giant pandas in Japan, will be returned to China in late ...