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We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. ‘Japan has become poor’: Tokyo emerges as Asia’s new sex tourism capital

2. Will Trump deport the thousands of Filipinos living in the US illegally?

3. What’s behind the rise of Singapore’s political opposition?

4. Focus on China, analysts warn, as Malaysia and Philippines clash over sea claims

5. Starbucks Malaysia confronts long-term sales decline from anti-Israel boycott

6. France sends its nuclear-powered carrier to Japan – and a ‘message’ to China

7. ‘A new Singapore or Hong Kong’? Bali’s second airport plan takes off



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SCMP Highlights

Tokyo’s emergence as sex tourism capital, rise of Singapore’s opposition: 7 Asia highlights

Tokyo’s notorious Kabukicho district – a maze of bars, love hotels and host clubs. Photo: Shutterstock

A woman looks out at the Tokyo skyline. Photo: AFP

A group of migrants is apprehended by border officers after crossing into the US earlier this year. Photo: AFP

Supporters of the opposition Workers’ Party wave party flags in Singapore in 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE

Chinese Maritime Militia vessels are pictured near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 5, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Starbucks has faced backlash due to its perceived connections to the US and Israel, even though it is not officially blacklisted by Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Malaysia. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Rafale and Super Etendards fighter jets are seen on board France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Photo: Reuters

A plane takes off from I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: AP

Singapore’s ruling PAP at 70, Cantopop classic The Bund: 5 weekend reads you missed

Supporters of Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) wave party flags and placards ahead of the general election in 2015. Photo: Reuters

PAP supporters and office workers gather to listen to Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s then-prime minister, during an election rally in 2015. Photo: AFP

21-year-old Lee Zi Rou was killed when a container rolled off a truck and fell onto her car. Photo: Penang State Fire and Rescue Department

Popular singer Frances Yip Lai-yee. Photo: SCMP

Fiery Cross Reef has been developed by China into an integral, strategic military base in the contested Spratly Islands. Photo: PLA

“Conversation with Paris Olympians” panel discussion at the SCMP Family Business Summit 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee

China reels from deadly Zhuhai car attack, Trump’s Taiwan demands: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Photo: Shutterstock

A man lights a candle near flowers placed outside the “Zhuhai People’s Fitness Plaza” where a man deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, killing some and injuring others in southern China’s Guangdong province on November 12, 2024. Photo: AP

The court earlier heard that Patrik Tobias Ekstrom came home drunk on the day of the attack and sexually assaulted the victim. Photo: Elson Li

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at an agricultural policy event in Smithton, Pennsylvania, on September 23. Photo: Reuters

A young Japanese couple at a garden in Tokyo. Photo: Shutterstock

Hollywood star Pike has gained respect and support from Chinese people around the world. Photo: Instagram/chinesebridge2002

Rolls-Royce crash row, shock over lift assault, Roman myth debunked: 5 trending stories

Following the crash, Zhu, above, took a photo in front of her damaged bonnet and posted it on her social media. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

In the 1990s, the Romanesque architecture and European traits of the villagers in Liqian, Gansu province, led to speculation about potential connections. Photo: SCMP composite/Sohu/Wikipedia

Social media in China has been shocked by a video of a 14-year-old “bewitched” boy attacking a seven-year-old girl in a lift. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Hong Kong MTR escalators, tank tops in the Song dynasty: 5 weekend reads you missed

Chinese scientists have created a digital reconstruction of a wealthy woman’s clothing from the Southern Song dynasty. Photo: Wuhan Textile University


A moxiong, similar to a modern-day tank top, discovered in a noble woman’s tomb. Photo: Wuhan Textile University

Street art in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock

Keto diets and ketone supplements have gained popularity among endurance runners for their potential to delay fatigue, but do they really give athletes an advantage? Photo: Shutterstock

More than 1,300 escalators serve millions of passengers every day at MTR stations across Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse

Ahn Andersen has spent decades searching for her Korean roots. Photo: David Lee

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From Tokyo’s sex tourism to Starbucks Malaysia’s declining sales, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting


From Tokyo’s sex tourism to Starbucks Malaysia’s declining sales, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.
