Snoring, subways and stealth ads: how big pharma targets China’s waistline
SHANGHAI – Weight-loss drugmakers, vying to tighten the belts of Chinese consumers, are promoting obesity…
China’s netizens rage against professor who said gig work was a type of ‘welfare’
HONG KONG – The term “flexible employment” has gone viral in China after a prominent…
Big business bought political influence. The bill is now due.
Brunswick and Echelon Insights asked registered voters in late June what they would tell America’s…
Burnham enters world stage in debut trip to Ukraine
Andy Burnham arrived in Ukraine on Monday for his first international trip as British prime…
What happens when neighbors stop being neighbors?
A few years ago, one of my university students moved to Tokyo for the first…
Former Lower House Speaker Watanuki dies at 99
Former Lower House Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki died of old age at a Tokyo medical institution…
Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly head Kurauchi to resign as assembly member
FUKUOKA – Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly head Isao Kurauchi said in a statement Monday that he…
Tesla and other automakers begin record vehicle recall in China
BEIJING – Tesla and eight other automakers said on Friday they will recall about 4.3…
Lawson to cut rice ball prices in Japan as costs ease
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson plans to cut prices on its hand-wrapped onigiri rice balls…
