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1. Japan’s food exports soar despite US tariffs, China seafood curbs

   Japan’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products rose 12.8 per cent to an all-time high ‌in 2025, lifted by stronger shipments to the United States despite ‍new tariffs, and by a rebound in exports to China from the previous year’s slump. Exports totalled 1.701 trillion yen (US$10.9 billion) last year, up from 1.507 trillion yen in 2024, marking ⁠a 13th consecutive annual gain and...

2. Hongkonger scammed out of HK$4 million trying to sell HK$100 rug on Carousell

   A Hong Kong resident has lost more than HK$4 million (US$512,148) to scammers after trying to sell a rug for HK$100 on online marketplace Carousell, according to police. The force also said on Monday that more than 110 cases of online shopping scams linked to the trading platform took place between January 24 and 30, with the total amount of money involved exceeding HK$10 million. One victim,...

3. Why Russian spies find Japan such an easy target: ‘people are so polite’

   Japan is reeling from a Russian espionage scandal that has laid bare how easily industrial secrets can slip through the country’s grasp, just as Tokyo is pushing to strengthen its laws against spying. Police in the Japanese capital referred a case to prosecutors on January 20 involving a former Russian trade official suspected of violating Japan’s laws on unfair competition. While neither he nor...

4. NIH-funded biomedicine researcher Gao Zhonghua leaves US for China

   Leading brain development and gene regulation researcher Gao Zhonghua has joined a newly established university in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen after more than two decades working in the United States. Gao became a full-time research professor at the Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology (SUAT) last month, according to the university website. Officially approved in 2024, SUAT is a...

5. China’s growing military power

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6. Unfinished bridge collapses in eastern China, leaving 2 dead and others missing

   A sudden and catastrophic collapse at a major bridge construction site in China’s eastern Jiangsu province has left two workers dead, three others missing and a critical regional infrastructure project in disarray. At 5.46pm on Monday, a significant section of the under-construction Yuegang Bridge collapsed in Yancheng City’s Xiangshui County when the main span – measuring 95 metres (312 feet) –...

7. Inside an abandoned Cambodian scam centre seized by Thai troops

   In the town of O’Smach, along Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, stands a compound of abandoned buildings that were battered by shelling during recent weeks of armed clashes. The site, now occupied by Thai troops, had served as one of Cambodia’s notorious scam centres, according to Thai officials. A six-storey building, shown to journalists and international observers on Monday during a...

8. ‘Superhuman’ teen swims 4 hours to save family swept out to sea in Australia

   Rescuers praised a teenage boy’s “superhuman” survival instincts after he swam four hours through choppy waters off Australia to find help for his family. The 13-year-old boy swam 4km (2.5 miles) back to shore to raise the alarm after his mother and two younger siblings were swept out to sea while kayaking and paddleboarding near the Western Australian tourist town of Quindalup. Marine rescue...

9. China’s C919 to lift off again at Singapore Airshow in bid for Asean sales

   China’s chief builder of commercial aircraft is displaying its full product line – including its home-grown narrowbody C919 as well as a full surgical cabin onboard its regional jet – at the Singapore Airshow as it seeks to widen its footprint in Southeast Asia. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has “set up” a C919 at the twice-yearly expo for a fly-by demonstration, according...

10. Clintons to testify in US House Epstein probe ahead of contempt of Congress vote

    Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify in a US House investigation surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for the ex-president said, heading off a potential vote to hold the couple in contempt. They had originally refused to appear before lawmakers examining how authorities handled earlier investigations into the disgraced financier, who had connections and correspondence...