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Hello Kitty: Fans flock to Japan museum showcasing history of Sanrio characters

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Samsung workers begin voting on tentative wage deal

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Philippine artisans keep weaving traditions alive despite rising costs

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‘Filter of fantasy’: Japan trials anime therapy to treat depression

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South-east Asia’s fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs

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Rescue and relief efforts intensify as rain risks rise across southern China

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Japan envoy in China vows ‘best efforts’ to realise Takaichi-Xi leaders’ summit at APEC

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Australian women linked to ISIS leave Syrian camp, ABC reports

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Goldman Sachs to pay US$500 million to settle shareholder lawsuit over 1MDB scandal

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Record 274 climbers scale Everest via Nepal in one day

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Garbage bags sell out in parts of Japan as naphtha shortage spurs stockpiling

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JB motorists upset over costly pothole damage

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Human urine becomes option for farmers in fertiliser supply crunch

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China’s top diplomat touts Moldova ties after Putin visit despite differences over Ukraine war

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China's top diplomat touts Moldova ties after Putin visit despite differences over Ukraine war

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‘Eternal flame’ still burns after fire destroys Buddhist hall in Japan that is over 1,200 years old

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Manus weighs raising $1.3b to unwind Meta takeover

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An Indian bride dies. Rival claims of murder and suicide set off media frenzy

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Beijing bans Nvidia’s top graphics card to back domestic rivals

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Commentary: China’s geopolitical weight on display, but will Xi help Trump and Putin end their wars?

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Beyond Air India’s losses: Why Indian airlines are struggling more than others, and sounding the alarm

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Commentary: Prabowo’s Indonesia is teetering toward a familiar disaster

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Jailed Vietnamese tycoon's Birkin bags sell for more than $550K

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India gifts Italy a toffee and breaks the internet

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A Hong Kong island gears up for its most exciting time of the year. And it’s all about buns

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Perfidious empire

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AI euphoria getting reality check in South Korea, and vice versa

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US air losses over Iran may grimly foreshadow China war risks

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Trump vows U.S. will retrieve uranium from Iran

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Hubris? What’s that? Who, me? I’m the Donald!

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Fire breaks out at hotel in Thailand’s Pattaya as rescue teams rush to evacuate tourists

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‘Enlightened self-interest’ spurs Japan’s deepening economic security ties with ASEAN amid Iran war

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From tea-making to quick health check, SM Lee gets a taste of what China’s robots have to offer

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Chinese container ship among few vessels crossing Hormuz amid deadlock to open waterway

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U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair warns of China role in Argentina contract bid

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Taiwan seeks to detain three in Nvidia chip smuggling crackdown

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China and Russia: the uneasy couple

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‘Tank Day’ tumbler promo pulls Starbucks Korea into ideological fight

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Philippines vows to arrest fugitive senator wanted by ICC 'without delay'

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S. Korean police probe conclude Kim Soo-hyun falsely accused of dating Kim Sae-ron as minor: Report

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Cambodian avatars pray to spirits for rain, peace with Thailand

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India’s ‘Cockroach’ group goes viral, spotlights Gen Z worries

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Pakistan's PM Sharif to visit China for talks overshadowed by Iran war

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India's 'Cockroach' group goes viral, spotlights Gen Z worries

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Taliban’s new marriage separation decree draws UN criticism

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Boat captains suspected of letting students steer vessels before fatal capsizing in Okinawa

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Kremlin dismisses report that China covertly trained Russian soldiers for Ukraine

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Top Democrats decry Trump ‘taxpayer shakedown’ and ‘super-pardon’

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