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A worker unloads harvested sugarcane to a sugar mill in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ethanol, made from crops such as sugarcane, rice and maize, is central to India's plan to cut costly oil imports and reduce planet-heating emissions from transport.
BUSINESS
May 6, 2026
Oil price rises bolster India's ethanol push despite drawbacks
Ethanol, made from crops such as sugarcane, rice and maize, is central to India's plan to cut costly oil imports and reduce planet-heating emissions from transport.
Loaded trucks on a road in India. The country's state-dominated refining sector has kept fuel prices steady despite surging crude costs.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
May 5, 2026
Asia absorbs rising, uneven cost of energy crisis caused by war on Iran
The disruption has spurred the Asian Development Bank to cut its growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific to 4.7% this year, down from 5.1% previously.
The New York/New Jersey FIFA World Cup 2026 logo is revealed during the kickoff event in Times Square in New York in May 2023.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2026
FIFA may lose fifth of World Cup streaming reach as India and China deals stall
The lack of a confirmed broadcast agreement with India or China is unusual at this stage.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, in New Delhi, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 5, 2026
India¡¯s Modi celebrates ¡®record¡¯ win in opposition-held West Bengal
The results should put the Indian prime minister on a stronger footing ahead of a general election in 2029.
Workers construct a prototype of a fast-breeder reactor in Kalpakkam, near the southern Indian city of Chennai, in August 2004.
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2026
An Indian nuclear reactor milestone proves doubters wrong
Consider the 91²Ö¿â Monju reactor It reached criticality in 1995 and was eventually shut down in 2016. In that entire period, it generated electricity for only a few months.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ASEAN leaders pose during the 21st ASEAN-India Summit at the National Convention Centre, in Vientiane, Laos, in October 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2026
Asia¡¯s economic diplomacy for tumultuous times
In a volatile multipolar world, countries must drive their own development by balancing global engagement with strong domestic capacity, as shown by Asia's growth strategies.
Residential buildings in New Delhi. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is seeking to deepen its presence in India¡¯s real estate market, which has attracted global investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 29, 2026
MUFG to foray into real estate and expand forex derivatives in India
91²Ö¿â biggest bank is seeking to deepen its presence in the world's fastest-growing major economy.
A man works inside an agricultural supplies shop in Nashik district, India.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / ANALYSIS
Apr 24, 2026
India¡¯s digital currency push targets its leaky welfare system
If the program gains traction, the world's most populous nation ?could in theory become its biggest issuer of a central bank digital currency.
Raju Modiyam, who lost a leg in a land mine explosion, rests in the Lankapalli village of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, India, on April 1.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 22, 2026
Maoist land mine legacy haunts India
India's blood-soaked six-decade Maoist insurgency may be over, but a lethal legacy remains.
Tim Cook in Beijing in 2024
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 22, 2026
Apple¡¯s Tim Cook takes on crucial new role: global ambassador
Cook will tread a thin line between Washington and Beijing as the world's two largest economies vie for supremacy.
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.
India is facing a shrinking return on college education as artificial intelligence, weak manufacturing growth and an oversupply of graduates limit job opportunities and threaten traditional middle-class pathways.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2026
India, AI and the shrinking premium of college education
As China became the world's factory in the 21st century, India emerged as its remote office. Both pulled their masses out of poverty by creating new income streams.
The morning commute in Mumbai, with the Altimus tower in the background.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 17, 2026
Mumbai¡¯s skyline is soaring. So is the pressure on housing.
These days, prices for some apartments are on par with parts of New York, and developers are putting in amenities to make analysts and traders feel at home.
The LNG Aquarius liquefied natural gas tanker in the Java Sea, off Indonesia.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2026
Iran war pushes Asia to think twice before doubling down on LNG
The near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the serious damage sustained by Qatar's LNG export plant has sent prices higher and buyers scrambling for alternatives.
A Pronto employee cleans a house in New Delhi
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 15, 2026
In India, $1 housekeepers spark a consumer, worker frenzy despite safety risks
The craze among consumers and workers is tempered by concerns about women's safety in a country with ?high rates of sexual harassment.
Farmers separate wheat grains from husks at a farm on the outskirts of Varanasi, India, on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Apr 15, 2026
India's green fuel plans collide with farmers' water fears
India, which imports 80% of its oil and gas, has made ethanol central to its clean energy plans and, as war in the Mideast impacts the price and supply of oil, its energy security.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an order raising tariffs in the Oval Office in Washington in February 2025.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 14, 2026
Trump, ¡®The Art of the Deal¡¯ and the ¡®TACO¡¯ myth
The question is not whether Trump "chickens out," but whether the final outcome leaves him in a stronger position.
An employee at Emerald Packaging operates a machine that prints grocery bags at the company¡¯s facility in Union City, California, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 9, 2026
From falling U.S. wealth to Indian factory closures, oil shock raises global recession risk
As oil prices surge in the sixth week of the Iran war, businesses across the world are feeling the strain of a widening energy shock.
People stand on the beach in Gujarat, India, near the MT Desert Kite oil tanker carrying Russian oil in the Arabian Sea, on March 11.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2026
Whether oil and gas or green tech, India depends on imports
?India imports 80% of its oil and gas, and while it produces some green minerals like copper and graphite, it is dependent on imports for others such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.
Subhabrata Debnath, co-founder of NeuralGarage, an AI startup, shows a demonstration of AI-generated dubbing on his computer at the company's office in Bengaluru last August.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2026
AI is rewiring the world's most prolific film industry
India produces the most movies of any country, but shifting audience habits are squeezing production budgets and studios are responding by tapping AI.
The weight of not knowing: Japan¡¯s long-missing children
A signboard urging people to call the police if they have information on the whereabouts of Kaori Nomura, who went missing in 1991 at the age of 8, is seen in Yokohama in early April.
China's rare defiance of U.S. sanctions sparks showdown over banks
A Chinese flag flutters in front of the Shanghai Gaoqiao Company Refinery in Shanghai.
¡®Keep phones on,¡¯ Tokyo warns as yen battle intensifies
The yen has traded in a narrow ?158 to ?159 range against the dollar for two months as Japan steps up efforts to contain further weakness.
Japan-China tensions have no visible off-ramp
A policeman stands guard at an entrance to the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on March 25. A man was apprehended in Tokyo March 24 after he trespassed onto the grounds of the embassy.
Soviet architecture vanishes as Central Asia drifts away from Moscow
Monuments of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the U.S.S.R., are an awkward reminder of an era that no longer fits with the times in Central Asia.
Amid shortage concerns, Japan works to secure supplies of raw materials
Since Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, concerns have emerged over what a shortage of oil and naphtha ¡ª a raw material for plastic products including food-packaging containers ¡ª could mean to not only industries but also supply chains and individual consumers.
The LDP is losing local elections. Should Takaichi be worried?
Despite Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s sustained high approval ratings after more than six months in office, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party she leads continues to suffer losses in local elections.
Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears
Muslims pray at Tokyo Camii in the Yoyogi-Uehara neighborhood. Though Muslims account for only 0.3% of Japan¡¯s population, rhetoric in online spaces and by conservative politicians has fomented social tensions.
As Iran war sends oil prices soaring, some see fresh potential for solar in Japan
An agrivoltaic crop, in which solar panels are raised about 3 meters off the ground so that agricultural machinery can freely operate on the crops underneath, in Sosa, Chiba Prefecture.
No longer shushed: Japan¡¯s cultural venues make room for children
In 2019, Saitama Arts Theater started permitting children under 3 to some of its shows. Previously, children under 4 were not permitted.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Projects like the BuddhaBot aim to re-create dialogue once lost to time, raising questions about whether AI can extend the teachings of Buddha or merely simulate them.
Can AI replace a priest? Japan¡¯s temples and shrines are testing the limits.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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