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Allison JACKSON
A bomb-dropping drone is displayed at the headquarters of Thunder Tiger Group in Taichung, Taiwan, on April 21.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
Taiwan drone exports soar on Ukraine war
Low-cost drones used for reconnaissance and strikes are in high demand as global governments boost defense spending amid intensifying conflicts.
Newly elected opposition Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun delivers a speech during the party's national congress in Taipei in November.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader to make ‘peace’ visit to China, first in 10 years
Kuomintang chief Cheng Li-wun said she wants to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping to build cross-strait “peace.”
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 12, 2026
Taiwan leader warns countries in region are ‘next’ in case of China attack
President Lai Ching-te warned in an exclusive interview that countries in the region would be China’s next targets should Beijing seize Taiwan.
A missile being prepared to be loaded onto a fighter jet during a military exercise at Chiayi Air Base in Taiwan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 6, 2026
Taiwan’s political standoff stalls $40 billion defense plan
Opposition lawmakers refuse to consider Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s ambitious spending plan without government concessions, sparking criticism in Washington.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the opening ceremony of the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing on July 16.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 21, 2025
Jensen Huang, AI visionary in a leather jacket
Big tech’s appetite for Nvidia’s graphics cards has catapulted the California chipmaker beyond $4 trillion in market valuation, the first company ever to surpass that mark.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (center) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (right) take part in a flag-raising ceremony at the Presidential Office in Taipei, on Jan. 1.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2025
Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te tied up by political chaos after year in office
Analysts say the current dysfunction is distracting lawmakers and eroding public confidence — to the benefit of Beijing.
Visitors take pictures of wafer samples at the Intel booth during Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 4, 2024. U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on semiconductor chips has complicated Taiwan's bid to remain a global powerhouse in the critical sector and stay onside with key backer Washington, analysts said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 25, 2025
Trump’s chip tariff threats raise stakes for Taiwan
Taiwan produces more than half of the world’s chips and nearly all of the most advanced ones, making the island essential to global supply chains.
A government-hired hunter holds up a captured iguana in Pingtung County, Taiwan, on Feb. 10. Taiwan's iguana population has exploded since the spikey-backed giant lizards were introduced more than 20 years ago as exotic pets. Many escaped or were dumped by their owners and have bred rapidly in the warm climate of southern Taiwan, invading neighborhoods and ravaging farmers' crops.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2025
Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as numbers soar
Taiwan began culling iguanas nearly 10 years ago and this year’s target has been set at more than 100,000.
Devices used in a scam center in Manila that has been shut down by police. Scam centers have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, with crime syndicates luring, kidnapping or coercing workers into predatory online activity and raking in billions of dollars.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2024
Raid on Philippine gambling hub unravels elaborate scheme implicating mayor
The scandal has fueled calls for a ban on the online gambling industry over its links to financial scams, kidnapping, prostitution, human trafficking, torture and murder.
Patty Ortega, widow of slain Philippine environmental activist and radio host Gerry Ortega, points to old photographs of her late husband at their home in Puerto Princesa in Palawan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2024
A 13-year fight for justice in Philippine activist’s murder
Environmental activist and radio host Gerry Ortega was shot in a clothes shop along a busy road in the Palawan capital of Puerto Princesa in 2011.
Philippine journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa speaks during an interview in Manila on Tuesday
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 15, 2023
‘It’s up to us’: Philippines’ Maria Ressa fights for press freedom
Ressa and Rappler had faced five charges of tax evasion — they were acquitted of four in January and were cleared of the final charge on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jul 19, 2023
Philippines hope ‘meteoric rise’ to debut World Cup changes everything
Long minnows in the sport, the Philippines have never played at a FIFA World Cup, either the men’s or women’s.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2022
Filipinos fishing on front line of China’s battle for disputed sea
Analysts say Beijing’s aim is regional supremacy and control over all activity in the waters — and it is using its might to bully smaller rivals into submission.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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