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Rising costs push Japan stores to cacao alternatives before Valentine's Day

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Japan PM Takaichi talks up weak yen even as her government works to counter currency decline

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Afghan returnees in Bamiyan struggle despite new homes

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Japan Railways group tackles congestion at women's toilets at stations

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Chinese cash in jewellery at automated gold recyclers as prices soar

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Indonesia is wooing its former citizens with a new stand-in for dual citizenship – but with limited success

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Jakartans battle floodwaters to reach workplaces

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China new home prices rise in January as government signals support, private survey shows

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Thailand’s 2026 summer forecast to reach temperatures over 42 deg C

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Graft busters freeze $320k in accounts over e-waste probe, seize $54k

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Graft busters freeze $320k in accounts over e-waste probe in Malaysia, seize $54k

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South Korea posts record January exports on AI chip boom

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Ruling Thai party runs on nationalist, establishment vote pitch

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'People's dad' Jensen Huang praises, pushes Nvidia suppliers on mobbed Taiwan visit

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‘People’s dad’ Jensen Huang praises, pushes Nvidia suppliers on mobbed Taiwan visit

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Japan Tourism Agency calls for strengthening measures against overtourism

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Malaysia seizes US$129.9 million in crude from tankers suspected of illegally transferring oil

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Over 1.2 million Malaysians still living in poverty: Minister

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Australian boy killed by shark in Sydney Harbour honoured at Bondi Beach

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Pakistan says 92 militants killed after attacks in Balochistan

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Malaysia’s influencers deem new tax guidelines impractical, but experts say they ‘ensure fairness’

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Oh crumbs! South Korea weighs new sugar tax amid craze over Dubai chewy cookie

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Myanmar coup 5 years on: Freedom fighters remain determined to end political deadlock

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UK’s Starmer says ex-Prince Andrew should testify before Congress over Epstein ties

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Iraq's Shi'ite bloc reaffirms backing for Maliki despite Trump's warnings

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Protesters in Copenhagen rally for Danish veterans after Trump remarks

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Malaysia seizes tankers with $160 million worth of crude

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Canada’s opposition Conservative Party votes to keep leader Poilievre

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Starmer invites Japan PM to UK after Tokyo talks

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Britain, Japan agree to deepen defence and security cooperation

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Pakistan says 67 militants killed after coordinated attacks in Balochistan

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Explosion occurs at Iran's southern port of Bandar Abbas, Iranian media reports

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Pokémon cancels event at controversial Japan shrine following backlash

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Death toll from Indonesia landslide rises to 53

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Thousands flee northwest Pakistan after mosques warn of possible military action

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China's corruption watchdog probing emergency management minister

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Riau to convert former illegal gold mines into rice fields

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Separatist attacks in Pakistan kill 21, dozens of militants dead

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China’s corruption watchdog probing emergency management minister

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Thousands flee north-west Pakistan after mosques warn of possible military action

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Little-known Malaysian volunteer firefighters among flood rescuers in Thailand

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Iran president says Trump, Netanyahu, Europe stirred tensions in protests

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10 security officials, 11 civilians, 67 militants killed in south-west Pakistan attacks: Official

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Toilets at Malaysia’s Kota Kinabalu airport to get $3.8m upgrade amid questions over high cost

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