Arts
Celebrated Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang discovers painting
Auteur of loneliness reckons with the isolation of COVID-19
Life & Arts
Arts
Yoko Ono's big scream still echoes, and surprises
Reissue of Japanese artist's early recordings contains the seeds of an unwittingly influential sound
Politics
At tense Hong Kong Book Fair, buyers snap up political titles
Some authors and sellers withdraw items, fearing China-imposed security law
Tea Leaves
My way on the highway -- an Indian road trip
Lone women face violence on India's roads, but we should brave our fears
Life
Why there is still hope for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
What a contrast to the 1964 Games, remembered as the greatest ever
Life
Taiwan's falling birthrate 'threatens its economic security'
World's lowest fertility rate set to cause permanent population decline
Business trends
Goodbye, Tokyo: Tea company Lupicia moves HQ to Niseko ski resort
Hokkaido nature better for creativity, CEO Mizuguchi says
Arts
Southeast Asian Vedic heavy metal rocks China's extreme music scene
Beijing label resurrects Singaporean band Rudra's genre-shaping early albums
Life
Meet the unsung stars determined to make the Olympics a success
From engineers to volunteers, behind-the-scenes players rise to the occasion
Tea Leaves
Yangon's shuttered British Club sends a message
Drawing on long but troubled ties, London could yet play a role in ending Myanmar's nightmare
Arts
Acclaimed Thai film director revels in historical parallels
With his new film, Apichatpong delves into Colombian jungles and primeval memories
Arts
Thailand's octogenarian intellectual rages on
Buddhist nonviolent activist Sulak Sivaraksa finds hope in student protests
Arts
Tokyo exhibit traces fashion trends from 1940s till today
Japanese styles revealed in retrospective of clothing, magazines and videos
Arts
Book review: Acclaimed Australian author takes on local 'salmon barons'
Richard Flanagan lifts lid on dark side of Tasmania's lucrative fish farming industry
Life
Takeda chief Christophe Weber talks about his younger days
'Experience of seizing bigger opportunities has made me who I am today'
Arts
Ai Weiwei and the Rohingya: humanity first
Dissident Chinese artist's new film exposes personal horrors of refugee life
Tea Leaves
One island is enough for Penang
Malaysian state's offshore reclamation plans risk environmental disaster
Arts
The 'New Wave' filmmakers challenging Vietnamese society
Censorship is unavoidable in what remains rigidly conservative country
Life
US pullout from Afghanistan evokes horrors of Cambodia
Will Washington's friends in Kabul suffer the fate of its allies in Phnom Penh?
