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Parvaiz BUKHARI
Retired police officer Mohammad Aslam, who fled his home at the first sign of escalation during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, stands inside his damaged house atop a mountain at the frontier district of Poonch in India's Jammu region.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2026
Anxiety lingers in divided Kashmir a year after shooting attack
When falling bombs shattered the usual calm of his Kashmir village, Mohammad Rashid set his mind to building a shelter for his family, ready in case fighting erupts again.
Iranian nationals arrive in northeastern Turkey after passing through the Razi-Kapikoy border crossing on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 5, 2026
Iran war exiles describe terror of daily strikes
The testimonies of those fleeing Iran amid U.S. and Israeli airstrikes offer insight into the scale of the air campaign over the last five days.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (R) and his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi (L) shake hands during a bilateral meeting in New Delhi on Oct. 10.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2025
Growing India-Taliban ties anger neighboring Pakistan
Pakistan and India have fought repeated wars since partition cleaved the subcontinent at the end of British rule in 1947.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel stand guard near closed shops along a pavement after curfew was partially relaxed for a few hours in Leh, in India's Ladakh region, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025
Deep roots of rage as India¡¯s Ladakh seeks self-rule
Growing resentment with New Delhi¡¯s direct rule over the territory and fears of losing livelihoods boiled over on Wednesday.
Indian security personnel stand guard as Hindu pilgrims headed to Amarnath await registration at a transit camp in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 3, 2025
Hindu pilgrims set off to India¡¯s Amarnath, near site of deadly April attack
The attack, which killed 26 mostly Hindu tourists, escalated into the worst standoff between the nuclear-armed nations since 1999, with over 70 people killed on both sides.
Namgyal Phunchok, a Changpa community leader at Chushul village in Ladakh, says the area's pastoralist way of life had been undermined.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2024
The herders caught up in India and China¡¯s icy conflict
Swaths of grazing lands have become demilitarized ¡°buffer zones¡± to keep rival forces apart.
Kashmiri journalists protest against internet blockade put by India's government in Srinagar in October 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 24, 2023
Internet out: India deploys shutdowns in name of security
Some blackouts last hours, others days. Some stretch for months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2023
Deadly India train crash brings focus back on safety
Carrying more than 21 million passengers a day, the rail network in the world¡¯s most populous country is under enormous pressure.
Magnitude 7.2 quake hits northern Japan
A screenshot of the Japan Meteorological Agency website shows the seismic intensity of Thursday morning's earthquake.
Double barrage of storms to hit Japan this week
A map depicting the paths of Typhoon Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
Two Japanese held in China for allegedly smuggling export-restricted goods
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference on Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk¡¯s idea for orbital data centers
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son dismissed the idea of space-based data centers, arguing that the AI race will be won by computing power on Earth.
Two storms approach Japan, with possible convergence complicating forecasts
A map depicting the paths of Tropical Storm Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
Remembering the wrestlers who rarely make the headlines
Tsurugisho throws salt at a one-day sumo event at the Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
China¡¯s mineral squeeze testing Japan¡¯s military buildup
Samples of rare earth luminescent materials displayed at an exhibition on China¡¯s manufacturing achievements at the National Museum in Beijing in March
Stepping up, not aside: Japan¡¯s retirement-age tour guides
Yoichi Miura (third from left) now divides his time between his import business and guiding international visitors across Japan.
Japan-South Korea detente persists ¡ª but breakthrough remains elusive
While Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have kept relations from sliding backward, experts say they have struggled to turn stability into concrete steps forward.
Japan¡¯s AI goldrush faces backlash as data centers sprout up in urban areas
Erin and Munekazu Tanikawa look out from their balcony at the construction site of a planned 52-meter-tall data center that would dominate their surroundings, in the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, last month.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan¡¯s culture of conformity
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