Asian Legal Review

The scandal has already rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, resulting in the replacement of all four ministers in the LDP’s largest faction.

Japan, which has competing territorial claims with China in the South China Sea, is upping its military spending and has already boosted security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.

The UK’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050 will mean the pace and scale of low carbon energy projects needs to accelerate.

The US president is reportedly going to skip a visit to India in January, which has raised concerns if an alleged Indian assassination attempt on an American citizen has affected relations between the Quad allies.

Malaysia will have its first “minister of digital” with Gobind Singh Deo to lead the country’s tech initiatives ranging from AI to data centres.

Fierce fighting along countries’ border prompts Beijing to urge parties to show ‘maximum restraint’ after hundreds of thousands of refugees flee area.

The 180 Chinese nationals were detained in a raid on a suspected sex-trafficking and online scam operation in the capital Manila, officials said.

Human bias may result in the “ideal candidate” being overlooked when appointing an arbitrator, a recent report explains.

Le Le, the first panda to be born in Singapore, made his final public appearance at the River Wonders wildlife park before a month-long quarantine ahead of his departure to China.

Significant global investment in new renewable projects and in so-called ‘cleantech’, such as carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) facilities, is expected to flow from a major new agreement reached by countries at COP28 in Dubai – despite concerns about the “loopholes” in the deal.