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Workers assemble Toyota Motor Corp.'s third-generation Prius hybrid cars at the automaker's Tsutsumi plant in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, 08 June 2009 (Photo: Shinji Kita +++(c) dpa - Report+++)

Workplace safety

Cases of death from overwork soar in Japan

As a new generation of employees joins their companies, experts express concern over the pressure that is heaped upon Japanese workers - and the growing problem of 'karoshi.' Julian Ryall reports from Tokyo. 

South Asia

Opinion: Bad times for pragmatists

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif after taking oath at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 26, 2014 (Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

The constant feud between India and Pakistan is fueled by spy agencies, the militaries and religious fanatics that repeatedly sabotage any reconciliation efforts launched by prime ministers, writes DW's Florian Weigand. 

Economy

Japan's Abe sticks to tax hike plans

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemns North Korea's plan to launch an earth observation satellite during a parliamentary session in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2016, calling it a de facto test of a long-range ballistic missile (Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/Kyodo)

Despite dire warnings, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says he still plans to increase the consumption tax in April 2017. Nonetheless, he has given himself some wiggle room if he needs it. Julian Ryall reports. 

Democracy

Myanmar's civilian government takes charge

Myanmar Vereidigung Regierung - Htin Kyaw & Thein Sein

For the first time in decades, Myanmar is governed by an elected civilian government. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy is determined to change the political culture of the country, but it won't be easy. 

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Bangladesh

Court keeps Islam as state religion

Bangladesh’s top court has rejected a 28-year-old petition to remove Islam as official religion of the country. While the South Asian nation's Islamists rejoice, analysts say the move is a setback for secular forces. 

South Asia

Pakistani people mourn over the death of their relatives outside a hospital following a suicide blast in eastern Pakistan's Lahore on March 27, 2016 (Photo: picture alliance/ZUMA Press/Sajjad)

Terrorism

Lahore bombing: What's wrong with Pakistan?

Pakistan has been shaken by a suicide blast in the eastern city of Lahore and a violent right-wing protest in the capital Islamabad. Where is the country headed? Experts say this is likely just a taste of what's to come. 

Pakistan

Mustafa Kamal: 'The army is not backing me'

Former Mayor of the southern Pakistan city of Karachi Mustafa Kamal gestures while speaking to media representatives after his return from self-imposed exile in Karachi on March 3, 2016 (Photo: ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Karachi's former mayor Mustafa Kamal rebelled against his old party, the liberal MQM, and its leader Hussain. In an exclusive DW interview, he denies allegations that his rebellion was orchestrated by the Pakistani army. 

Religion

Islamic scholar: 'There isn't one true Islam'

Kashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in downtown Srinagar on July 18, 2014 (Photo: TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)

In a DW interview, Islamic scholar Syed Nomanul Haq explains what version of the religion militant Islamic groups like "IS" and the Taliban subscribe to. Haq says there is no monolithic Islam. 

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China

Gao Yu's garden 'forcibly destroyed'

The garden of former DW journalist Gao Yu has reportedly been destroyed by Chinese authorities, who claim a wall was built in the premises without a permit. Gao Yu's lawyer Shang Baojun tells DW it is an illegal action. 

Territorial disputes

Analyst: 'Vietnam not submitting to China'

Vietnamese authorities have captured a Chinese vessel and its crew for allegedly entering its waters. DW talks to security analyst Bill Hayton about the implications of the incident. 

Health

HRW: Indonesia's mentally ill 'abused'

Indonesien Galuh Heilanstalt Psychiatrie Patienten

Human Rights Watch has released a report detailing the horrific treatment of people with mental health conditions in Indonesia. Shantha Rau Barriga, who oversaw the research of the report, speaks to DW about the issue. 

Bilateral relations

A difficult mission - German President Gauck visits China

Peking Ehrenspalier für Joachim Gauck Staatsbesuch

The visit won't be easy. German President Joachim Gauck embarks on a five-day tour of China - a country facing rapid change, increased repression and restriction of civil liberties, as Bjoern Conrad explains. 

Human Rights

Amnesty International: 'Failure to chart a new direction' in Myanmar

Studenten in Myanmar verhaftet

Hopes are high for Myanmar, which has now elected its first civilian president after decades of military rule. But the crackdown on student protesters continues, says Amnesty International's Jasmine Heiss. 

sport

Cricket rivalry could boost India-Pakistan ties

Pakistan Cricket-Fans aus Pakistan und Indien demonstrieren Freundschaft

Saturday will see India come to a standstill as fierce rivals India and Pakistan meet in Kolkata in their cricket World Twenty20 match. Intense and passionate, there are hopes that it could also rekindle better ties. 

Korean Peninsula

All quiet on the Korean border

Südkorea Nordkorea Reportage von der Grenze

While tensions between North and South Korea rise to a fever pitch, it is life as usual for those living along the heavily militarized border. Fabian Kretschmer reports from the South Korean island of Ganghwa. 

Thailand

Art under the military's shadow

Thailand Protestkunst gegen die staatliche Repression Asin Acid Graffiti-Künstler

The Thai government has tightened its grip on the media and increased censorship since the May 2014 military coup. But the level of state repression has unleashed a wave of defiant artistic expression in Bangkok. 

Education

Educating Cambodia's ethnic minorities

Kambodscha Bildungsangebote für ethnische Minderheiten Chhean Srey Meth Schülerin

Cambodia's marginalized indigenous populations are steadily gaining opportunities thanks to a new multilingual education program. Now, the government is taking the lead to expand the inclusive efforts. 

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Solar Eclipse

Solar eclipse makes Asia swoon

Solar eclipses draw crowds wherever they are - and that's especially true when it carves a shadowy line through some of the most populated regions on planet Earth. 

Philippines

'IS' masterplan 'not being taken seriously'

Islamist fighters with weapons

A leading security analyst believes the Philippine government is underestimating an emerging terror threat as local militant groups pledge loyalty to 'IS.' But other analysts view their allegiance as purely 'symbolic.' 

Five years after Fukushima

How the radiation-hit Naraha is coping

Wiederöffnungszeremonie Stadt Naraha in Japan

Six months ago, Naraha became the first town in the Fukushima "exclusion zone" to allow residents to return since Japan's March 2011 nuclear disaster. Martin Fritz reports about the situation on the ground.