Asia
Politics in Japan
Social-media populists have arrived in Japan
A small-town mayor shakes up Tokyo’s election
No business like sow business
The world’s next food superpower
Farming in India should be about profits and productivity, not poverty
Bear-hugging bros
Narendra Modi cuddles up to Vladimir Putin in Moscow
India’s prime minister visited amid fresh Russian atrocities in Ukraine
Going nuclear
Demand for uranium is booming. Who is benefiting?
One Central Asian country stands out above the rest
The strange death of liberal arts
Why many young Asians are no longer studying history
One city-state is bucking the regional trend
Banyan
Indians have grown used to getting nice things from politicians
It’s no longer enough to win votes
A new era begins
Japan’s mind-bending bento-box economics
The paradox of red-hot labour markets, falling demand and rising prices
Rebels without much cause
Meet the incels and anti-feminists of Asia
They threaten to make the region’s demographic decline even worse
Beginner’s luck?
Casinos are booming in South-East Asia
Thailand could soon become the latest country to jump on the bandwagon