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Japan

Return to Calcutta

Mukund Padmanabhan

Ruchir Joshi’s new novel is about an epic city teeming with stories

Asia’s Arc of Democracy

India is key to the rules-based international order

Jakarta Comes of Age

Indonesia is learning to pull its geopolitical weight in the Indo-Pacific

A Dirty Secret

The Burakumin caste’s history busts the myth of Japanese social harmony

Demographic Doldrums

Japan can overcome its declining birth rate by welcoming immigrants

A Thaw in East Asia

Are Japan and South Korea ready for a rapprochement?

The Elusive Ikigai

An overworked Japan’s quest for contentment

The Grain of Life

A dance drama that explores the cultural links rice has created across Asia

Abe’s Unfinished Business

Can Japan spend more on defence without changing its pacifist constitution?

What Killed Shinzo Abe?

The former prime minister’s assassination shows Japan’s relationship with religion is ambiguous

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