Coronavirus
Pollution masks help Vietnam ward off coronavirus
Longtime environmental challenge brings unlikely upside in pandemic era
Society
Health Care
Nobel prizes highlight Li Ka-shing's role in scientific research
Hong Kong tycoon's foundation backed winners in chemistry and medicine
Society
Japan's seniors trapped in mortgages, cannot pay off until age 73
Nikkei analysis shows growing number of elderly are falling into poverty
Opinion
India, where brutality against women knows few equals
Shameful distinction the result of society's collective failure
Life
Thais seek to re-create the 'real Japan'
Love affair with Japanese culture intensifies amid thirst for authenticity
Life
Red gold: The rich tradition of Kashmiri saffron
1 kg of the prized spice can fetch as much as $4,000
Society
Amnesty halts India operations, saying it is being silenced
Group slams Modi government for punishing human rights organizations
Coronavirus
Japan's Buddhist temples struggle as pandemic drags on
Falling offerings and fraying social bonds have some considering closure
Opinion
The enduring tyranny of the beauty myth
Asia Pacific rapidly becoming the epicenter of a global beauty industrial complex
Society
Japan's impending crisis: aging doctors treating aging patients
Nikkei's data analysis reveals trend set to become major issue in big cities
Opinion
Japan, women, and me
Strong targets to get more women into leadership roles are urgently needed
Opinion
What the death of a Bollywood star says about life in Modi's India
New forms of dissent are emerging to challenge the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party
Interview
Turkish Nobel laureate focuses on the collaboration COVID has stoked
Orhan Pamuk says we are all in the same boat -- and bound by the same fear
Caixin
China's quiet brucellosis outbreak sickens thousands in northwest
Leak at vaccine plant leaves some Lanzhou residents facing chronic illness
Society
Former Nissan executive Greg Kelly pleads not guilty in court
Trial starts in case of Carlos Ghosn's allegedly underreported remuneration
Society
China arrests 130 ethnic Mongolians over language policy protests
Tens of thousands demonstrate against Mandarin requirement in schools
Opinion
Japan must break the glass fence keeping mothers at home
Raised awareness brought about by COVID-19 an opportunity for fundamental change
Opinion
Bad news sells, but only good news can save democracy from itself
Media must rediscover altruism and start celebrating the world's positive transformations
Turbulent Thailand
Red Bull boycott: From Thai pride to symbol of inequality
Concentration of wealth receives new scrutiny as anti-government protests rage
Society
Asia seeks to protect seniors from COVID's silent killer: loneliness
Singapore and Japan learn art of aging well takes more than good diet and exercise
Japan immigration
Bangladeshi tech talent heads to Japan's north to Sapporo expat scene
Cool weather, less crowding and lower cost of living draw foreign job seekers
Politics
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai cleared in intimidation case
Founder of Apple Daily still faces national security law charges and others
Society
After Rio Tinto row, Aboriginal Australians turn to next fight
Advocates urge legislation to protect other sacred sites in danger of demolition
Opinion
Can Facebook conquer India without upsetting the rest of us?
Mark Zuckerberg appears unwilling to trade financial gains for political neutrality
Caixin
How China plans to catch up to money launderers
Nation rethinks lax approach as criminal finance accounts for 5% of global GDP