Volatile yen–dollar movements contributed to an August financial crash and continue to expose Japan’s economic vulnerability, ...

It will soon be five years since the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body ceased functioning, largely because the United States continued blocking the appointment of new members. Without the ...

In his inaugural address on 20 October, Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia's third directly-elected president, declared his intention to alleviate poverty and bolster Indonesia’s economic sovereignty while ...

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Former Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida deepened his predecessors' foreign policy shifts, with Japan becoming an increasingly active — and assertive — regional actor. This strategic reorientation ...

Ben Ascione is Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University.

Japan's host club industry, where women pay for romantic attention, has been criticised for exploitative practices. Some suggest the need for regulation, but current discussions oversimplify the ...

When a deepfake audio of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr seemingly ordering a military attack against an ‘adversary’ surfaced online, it proved that hypothetical risks posed by AI-generated ...

Indonesia faces a dual challenge as it seeks to leverage its demographic dividend while addressing the implications of an aging population. Declining marriage and fertility rates are being driven by ...

Jonathan Ping is an Associate Professor at Bond University. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and received his PhD from the University of Adelaide. He is a political economist who ...

Bangladesh’s overthrowing of its longest-standing dictator, Sheikh Hasina, brings an end to her rule marked by human rights abuses and election rigging. In its efforts to rebuild the nation, ...

The recently signed Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement is a significant step forward in bilateral relations, but it does not fundamentally redefine the strategic relationship. The ...