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Osaka Expo materials reused and recycled around Japan, exemplifying a circular economy

Initiatives proceeding after the Expo will influence the planning, operation and dismantling of large-scale events in Japan and around the world, establishing a global standard…

  • Published: December 9, 202510:26 am
  • Author Shingo Sugime
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Contradictheory: A time for reflection for Malaysian football and sports

The problem for Malaysia is that the Football Association of Malaysia can only do so much to patch the cracks, the writer observes.

  • Published: December 9, 202510:25 am
  • Author Dzof Azmi
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Managing transitions: Philippines to Bangladesh

The writer argues: "Yet, like development models, protest movements are not portable. Conditions that make them plausible or even necessary in one society may be absent in…

  • Published: December 8, 202510:37 am
  • Author Randy David
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Foreign media and Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s reason for convening a foreign-media-only press conference is not difficult to grasp. He wanted the world to understand that Korea’s…

  • Published: December 8, 202510:36 am
  • Author Lee Byung-jong
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New, smart holistic approach needed for China’s ageing society

In response to this rapid demographic shift, China is working out a comprehensive institutional framework designed not only to mitigate the risks associated with an ageing…

  • Published: December 5, 202510:17 am
  • Author Zeng Gang
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End of the road for India’s street dogs?

The focus should be on adopting humane and scientific methods that promote coexistence and collective wisdom rather than taking a quick-fix approach, the writers assert.

  • Published: December 5, 202510:16 am
  • Author Govind Singh and Momisha Das
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What are Filipinos best at?

The top item, according to the writer, is how Filipinos are the world’s best in nursing and caregiving talent, with our country ranked as the largest source of foreign nurses…

  • Published: December 4, 202510:17 am
  • Author Cielito F. Habito
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Bay of Bengal’s slow death threatens our future

In just seven years, nearly four-fifths of the bay's fish that live in the pelagic zone—neither close to the sea-bed nor the shore—have vanished. This is not a routine…

  • Published: December 4, 202510:16 am
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Malaysia’s overloaded lorries as ‘road bombs’ — Who is at fault?

The writer laments that overloaded lorries are not a new issue in the country. "They are a long-standing, serious social problem," he emphasises.

  • Published: December 3, 202510:25 am
  • Author Dato Kuik Cheng Kang
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Packaging the patriarchal gaze as ‘relatable’ content

Ultimately, the "feminine urge" memes tell us less about femininity and more about how societies organise emotion, the writer says. They expose how digital culture turns emotional…

  • Published: December 3, 202510:24 am
  • Author Resat Amin

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