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Big in Asia

Big in Asia is a visuals-rich feature highlighting the latest in consumer trends and what's hot in business, as well as Asia's leaders and influencers.

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A 170-hectare oil palm plantation managed by a community-owned enterprise in the West Sumatran village of Lubuk Malako: Revenue from the business has financed improvements to local educational and health care facilities and provided a cushion against cuts in central government fund transfers. (Photo by Dimas Ardian)
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Catastrophe brings a reckoning for Sumatra's oil palm plantations

Indonesian island considers future of farms that magnified damage from floods and landslides

7 February 2026
Tourists take a selfie in front of Kanazawa Station. Steeped in history and Japanese culture, Kanazawa has a similar allure to Kyoto but far fewer visitors, highlighting the concentration of tourism in Japan's major urban centers that has stoked resident-visitor tensions and placed overtourism on the political agenda.  (Photo by Yuki Kohara) 
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Japan tourism divide on display in Kanazawa calm, Kyoto crowds

Record visitor numbers boost economy, but 'foreigner fatigue,' overtourism tensions grow

31 January 2026
Women workers take a tea break at a Lumax Industries auto parts factory in Ramanagara, Karnataka, on Jan. 18. Factory jobs may offer life-changing potential for many of the two-thirds of India's women who are not in the formal workforce, though AI and automation concerns loom. (Photo by Selvaprakash Lakshmanan)
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India's trump card in new factory push: women workers

Labor reforms could tempt more of those who are not in the workforce into manufacturing jobs

24 January 2026
Toho President Hiroyasu Matsuoka says his company must look abroad for growth: The movie company aims to triple the share of its operating revenue coming from overseas by 2032. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kotaro Igarashi and Yuki Nakao) 
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Godzilla-owner Toho steps out into the world with new confidence

Japan's biggest movie company tees up kabuki tale 'Kokuho' for American audiences

17 January 2026
Stills at the Nine Rivers whisky distillery in Fujian province prepare new batches of spirit. Growing interest in made-in-China whisky comes as the market potential for whisky in China expands, with sales hitting $2.1 billion in 2024. (Photo by Wen Xia)
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In China's whisky boom, local distillers take aim at big shots

Homegrown players join Pernod Ricard and Diageo as sales surge, export potential seen

10 January 2026
(Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)
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Your predictions for Asia in 2026

From world trade to the World Cup, readers weigh in on what the new year will bring

3 January 2026
Every day, Tsutomu Abe steps outside the traditional inn he runs in the hills of northern Japan to set off firecrackers to scare off any nearby bears. This year has seen a record number of human casualties and fatalities as hungry bears enter more urban areas. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) 
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Japan bear attacks send firms hunting for new ways to protect customers, staff

From fireworks to fencing, deterrents are in demand as urban intrusions multiply

27 December 2025
Online payment services and easy-to-use trading apps charging no or low commissions have made market investing extremely accessible to young Indians. (Photo by Indranil Aditya)
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Stocks dominate conversation in India -- for now

Youth pile into options, stocks and mutual funds via low-cost trading apps

20 December 2025
Abdul Manaf Jusoh, left, chairman of Darussalam Islamic Alternative Treatment Center in Gombak, performs a ritual service on a patient. Spiritual practitioners like Manaf criticize the spread of faith healing on TikTok as "entertainment," saying it does not conform to Islam. (Photo by Norman Goh)
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From temples to TikTok: Inside Malaysia's evolving world of spiritual healing

Accessibility fuels demand for faith healers in parallel with growing modern medical business

13 December 2025
Young workers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are increasingly unable to afford a city home of their own due to property developers' inordinate focus on building high-end housing. (Photo by Nguyen Doan)
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Middle-class Vietnamese left out as developers push luxury condos

Hanoi and HCMC now proportionately more expensive than Singapore and Tokyo

6 December 2025
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Shibuya's grand makeover tests Japan's urban future

At a cost of $13bn, Tokyo's most complex redevelopment has to balance ambition, affordability and authenticity

29 November 2025
As Foxconn's chairman and CEO, Young Liu has dramatically reconfigured the precision-engineered network he inherited from Terry Gou to diversify where and what things are built while also making the company less reliant on a single top decision-maker. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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Liu leads Foxconn in 'systematic' pivot from iPhones to Nvidia servers

Mild-mannered CEO drives Taiwan company's diversification of production, clientele

22 November 2025
Candidates for Miss Earth 2025 take the stage in Manila on Nov. 5. Fueled by businesses offering "boot camp" training on how to win beauty pageants, the Philippines outstrips other Asia countries in claiming major titles. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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Philippines' beauty 'boot camps' bolster lead in pageant crowns across Asia

Decried as demeaning for women in West, contests hugely popular in developing world

15 November 2025
(Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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Tuvaluans seek Australian escape as worries for homeland mount

Nation faces transformation as first recipients of climate migration visas depart

8 November 2025
Anjabai, center, has been forced to work in the fields of other farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India, to pay off her debts after unseasonably heavy rains ruined most of her own soybean crop. (Photo by Nipun Prabhakar)
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India's distressed farmers limit Modi's leeway in Trump trade talks

Poor harvests, falling crop prices and multiplying debts fuel rural discontent

1 November 2025
Actor Yao Chen, right, with director Teng Congcong on the set of "Send Me to the Clouds" in Guiyang, China, in 2019: The touching but funny film broke ground in depicting Yao's character exploring her sexuality after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  (Bad Rabbit Pictures)
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Chinese women's market power brings their stories to the big screen

Movies by female directors break through industry slump and antifeminist backlash

25 October 2025
For Tatsuo Yasunaga, chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council and chair of Mitsui & Co., it's important for Asia to show where it can contribute to what the U.S. president wants -- the revitalization of the American economy.  (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yuki Kohara)
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Japan's trading houses to Asia: We'll help you grow in era of Trump turmoil

Chairman of industry group touts diversified business model as partnership solution

18 October 2025
A poetry class at North London Collegiate School Jeju: The positioning of Jeju's international school cluster as a way station between the South Korean mainland and overseas universities is under stress due to drastic changes to U.S. education and immigration policy. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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Trump tumult forces South Korean elite to rethink schooling plans

Island gateway to Western universities ponders pivot toward Asia

11 October 2025
Students, seen here in September, typically emerge from Maotanchang High School around 11 p.m. The school draws students from around Anhui province seeking to boost their scores on China's college entrance exam. (Photo by Wataru Suzuki) 
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China's anxious parents derail drive to lighten study loads

Worries over darkening career prospects undermine Beijing's curbs on schoolwork

4 October 2025
Celine Song on the set of "Materialists" in New York in 2024: Viewers respond to characters in her films emotionally. She has somehow found a way to translate specific incidents and characters into universal experiences. (A24)
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Celine Song: My movies are about 'what it's like to live'

Box office for 'Past Lives' director's latest film, 'Materialists,' tops $100m

27 September 2025
Tuya Damdinjamts visits a site in Selenge aimag north of Ulaanbaatar where her cooperative used to mine for gold until its license expired in 2022:  The authorization was finally las March but the cooperative is still waiting on permission for blasting. (Photo by Byamba-Ochir Byambasure)
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Gold price surge leaves Mongolia's miners in the dust

Legal digging by 'ninjas' blocked by standoffs with citizens' councils wary of pollution risks

20 September 2025
Torquay surfers take to the sea on Aug. 17. Among the world's largest makers of surfing equipment, Australia's 'big three' face challenges appealing to both hardcore enthusiasts and more casual fans of the lifestyle. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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Australia's surf giants drift as big retail, newcomers catch wave

Some see Rip Curl, Quiksilver, Billabong closer to mall than beach, shedding cool

13 September 2025
"Yah Lah But" co-hosts Haresh Tilani, right, and Terence Chia have expanded their audience to about 300,000 listens and views a month, drawing attention from sponsors and politicians seeking an informal channel to reach voters. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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Podcasts inject dose of unpredictability into Singapore politics

Public interest in personalities and ideas commands attention from party leaders

6 September 2025
A couple of Agariya salt workers, barefoot and barehanded, do some heavy lifting under a scorching sun. Salt crystals cut through the skin, leading to high blood pressure, blockages and heart attacks, medical officials say. (Photo by Rohit Jain)
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India salt workers pay brutal health cost to season national, world diets

Intensive labor in extreme weather brings meager wages as exports, corporate profits pile up

30 August 2025
Archipelago, a Philippine distillery, is among a growing contingent of Asian gin producers making waves on the bar scene. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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Craft gins bring Philippine and other Asian flavors to discerning drinkers

Region's upstart distilleries challenge industry's heavy hitters in growing market

23 August 2025
Zhao Xintong celebrates his victory as the first Asian to win the World Snooker Championship on May 5 in Sheffield, England: This year marks the first time that the men's and women's titles have been held by two non-British countrymen.  (Action Images via Reuters)
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On cue: China's passion for snooker draws attention away from UK

Embrace brings bigger prizes and audiences, bolstering Olympic bid

16 August 2025
A Gundam model on display at Bandai Spirits headquarters in Tokyo: Although the company's character franchises range from Tamagotchi to One Piece, Gundam is its most prized property, in large part because the company essentially has rights to the giant robots essentially to itself. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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With anime, games and models, Bandai builds a world of Gundam

Control empowers Japanese toymaker's experimentation with movies and trading cards

9 August 2025
Millions of Bangladeshi women and men work in factories making clothing for export: U.S. President Donald Trump's insistence on raising import tariffs has threatened to put the livelihoods of many of them in jeopardy. (Photo by Rajib Dhar)
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Bangladesh garment workers await end of Trump tariff tumult

Factories hit hard by rate uncertainty due to high dependence on US exports

2 August 2025
A group of overseas Vietnamese -- people born in the country, or with Vietnamese ethnicity, who were previously living outside the country -- share tales of their journey to Vietnam, often inspired by a sense of mission or cultural homecoming, on June 27. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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Overseas Vietnamese courted by Hanoi to come home as solution to talent gap

Dual citizenship rules changed as Vietnam seeks skilled workers to fuel growth drive

26 July 2025
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