The Astellas Pharma logo at the company's Tokyo headquarters: A Japanese employee of the drugmaker has been detained in China since March.
Nikkei Editorial

China must immediately end unfair detention of foreign nationals

Tokyo should employ top-level diplomacy to secure citizens' release

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Air conditioner units at the back of a commercial building in New Delhi: By 2047, energy demand will double in Indian cities as the number of buildings triples and cooling needs grow.
Olivier Blum

Buildings have to be next front in Asia's battle to cut emissions

Rising temperatures are driving cycle of higher air conditioning use

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Olivier Blum
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If Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden were to meet next month, it would be their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year.

Recent warming in U.S.-China ties will not last long

With American and Taiwan elections approaching, further tensions likely

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New Zealand's new government, to be led by the National Party's Christopher Luxon, is expected to ease a ban on foreigners buying homes despite criticism of its plans.
Vernon Small

New Zealand voters may get more change than they bargained for

National-led government set to walk back many of Jacinda Ardern's reforms

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Vernon Small
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A woman drinks water in New Delhi in June: A recent survey found that 38% of Indian respondents had frequently interacted with misinformation on climate issues like heat waves.
Suha Mohamed

Journalists have a duty to set record straight on climate crisis

In countries like India, vital information is being distorted or obscured

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Suha Mohamed
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and then-counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, at the 2014 groundbreaking for a $1.4 billion artificial island project off Colombo.
Niva Yau

BRI is only first step in China's strategy for a new world order

Xi Jinping's ambitions for global leadership are becoming clearer

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Niva Yau
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Children arrive at a flooded school in Pampanga province in the Philippines in 2022: The WorldRiskReport ranked the country highest in the world in terms of disaster risk.
Hanneke Oudkerk and Gurpreet K. Bhatia

Asia's children belong at the center of climate change discussions

Efforts have to be made to improve adaptiveness and disaster resilience

Hanneke Oudkerk and Gurpreet K. Bhatia
Kazuo Ueda, left, took over as head of the Bank of Japan in April. (Photo by Tomoki Mera) 
SHIN NAKAYAMA

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Japan's yen dilemma

Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations

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SHIN NAKAYAMA
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The Sun Tzu Art of War Museum in Suzhou, China: The ancient tactician still influences Beijing's foreign policy. (Imaginechina via AP Images)
Karan Mehrishi

India can get permanent Security Council seat by outwitting Sun Tzu

Ancient strategies of Chanakya point way for place at U.N. high table

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Karan Mehrishi
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A sign at the Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong in September: The cumulative sum lent or put into equity investments in initiative projects surpassed $1 trillion this year.
Christoph Nedopil

China's BRI isn't going away, it's getting smaller and greener

West should be more strategic about offering alternatives and support

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Christoph Nedopil
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Children at an Afghan refugee camp in Islamabad in 2020: Pakistan said it will unilaterally deport up to 1.7 million unregistered Afghans.
Salman Rafi Sheikh

Without respect, Pakistan will not get anywhere with Afghanistan

For Kabul to restrain the TPP, Islamabad must treat regime as its equal

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Salman Rafi Sheikh
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The main gate of Peking University in Beijing: The university came higher than any U.S. Ivy League school except Harvard in the 2023 QS World University rankings. (Imaginechina via AP Images) 
William C. Kirby

American and Chinese universities must reject calls to disengage

Restrictions on entry of scholars will set back U.S. advances

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William C. Kirby
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. listens to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Jakarta on Sept. 6. (Pool via Reuters)

West has to go beyond boosting Philippine defenses against China

Allies should encourage and support Marcos to undertake governance reforms

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, poses for a photo with participants of the informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Kyiv on Oct. 2.
Nikkei Editorial

Democracies must keep Ukraine aid flowing

Standing up to Russia key to protecting rule of law, international order

Nikkei Editorial
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his team should stop treating the symptoms of the country's economic troubles and address the underlying causes.

Xi ought to know why market confidence isn't returning

Structural cracks are drowning out modest stimulus efforts

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A Chinese tourist takes a selfie with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, right, at Suvarnabhumi International Airport: "Quick win" stimulus like visa waivers will not bring stronger growth.
Burin Adulwattana

Time for Thailand's new government to match rhetoric with reform

New growth engines needed to reach ambitious economic targets

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Burin Adulwattana
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Selective purges of online content will do no favors to Hong Kong's efforts to improve its image on the world stage.
Charles Mok and George Chen

Bit by bit, the internet is getting smaller in Hong Kong

City authorities are trying out new methods to eliminate 'undesirable' content

Charles Mok and George Chen
The aftermath of a Hamas attack in Sderot, Israel on Oct. 8: The war is just getting started.
Dave Sharma

Hamas-Israel conflict is likely to spill over to many nations

By design or not, war will end reconciliation drive that almost enmeshed Riyadh

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Dave Sharma
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A tanker unloads its cargo of imported oil at Yantai, China in June: The country is the world's largest net buyer of crude. (FeatureChina via AP Images)

OPEC+ should know high prices will test Asia's oil appetite

Producers group ought to respond quickly to signs of supply-demand imbalance

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A "No to the Voice" rally in Melbourne on Sept. 23: The tone of the "Yes" campaign has been a big reason for its unpopularity. (Sipa via AP Images)
George Brandis

Australia's 'Voice' campaign has failed to quiet doubts

Proponents' tone has rubbed many voters the wrong way

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Chinese solar panel companies like Jinko Solar, whose products are pictured here, are increasingly investing in Southeast Asia as the tech battle with the U.S. rages. 

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Green compromises

Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations

A protest over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Amritsar, India: New Delhi's growing feud with Canada is a headache for the U.S.
Ayesha Siddiqa

Biden has to wade into the India-Canada standoff

Washington cannot afford to let dispute between key allies fester

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Ayesha Siddiqa
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Women throng an internet cafe in Sanaa, Yemen after a four-day service outage in 2022: For many, daily life is now unimaginable without the internet.
Amandeep Gill and Vint Cerf

A free and open internet cannot be taken for granted

Apolitical governance provides key safeguard for global users

Amandeep Gill and Vint Cerf
Shipping containers at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang: As Vietnam continues to integrate its production with China's, its growing export sector will make it more susceptible to external shocks. 
Hongyan Zhao and Yin Fai Ho

Vietnam is pointing the way for ASEAN to upgrade its exports

Region's economies should seek alignment with emerging Chinese sectors

Hongyan Zhao and Yin Fai Ho
Christopher Luxon, leader of the New Zealand National Party, casts his vote in Auckland on Oct. 2.
Rob Campbell

Election unlikely to end New Zealanders' restlessness

Many policy areas escape debate in lackluster campaign

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