Image Credit: Monzenmachi As more women in Japan choose independence—financial, emotional and social—they are increasingly confronting resistance. But this resistance doesn’t often appear as overt misogyny. Instead, it can show up subtly.... Read more »
Chinese Fruit Retailer Pagoda Faces Backlash Over CEO’s Tone-Deaf Remarks on High Fruit Prices [#百果园称不会迎合消费者#] [#百果园#] The Chinese fresh fruit retail chain Pagoda (百果园) is in hot water after its chairman Yu... Read more »
From escalating trade wars to raging military conflicts, the headlines paint a stark picture of a world increasingly fractured along geopolitical lines. As traditional diplomacy struggles under mounting global tensions, many are... Read more »
Indian smartphone shipments grew by 7.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025, according to a recent report by a market research firm. In the first half... Read more »
Vending machine paradise Japan is a vending machine paradise. According to an article in IT Media, while their numbers are slowly dipping as a result of competition from convenience stores and a... Read more »
Proclamations about the inevitability of China’s dominance of the global economic system, or the so-called Chinese century, were made long before Donald Trump’s attempts to stymie its trade with the US. Common... Read more »
In today’s age of powerful personal computers and smart devices, LAN cafes might seem like relics of the past. But to Allen Zhao, co-founder of Elixir Esports, that perception couldn’t be further... Read more »
Ex-Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday raised war rhetoric against India, threatening “war” anew if New Delhi persists with its modifications of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The warning comes... Read more »
Do you know Blue Lock, which was trending on Twitter during the World Cup together with other soccer-related tags? Blue Lock is one of the hottest manga and anime in Japan right... Read more »
The chipmakers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of their revenue from advanced chips sold to China in return for export licences to the key market, in... Read more »