It was 27 December 2004. I was sitting at my computer in my office in Jakarta, Indonesia, my mind busy with plans for the New ...

Rising trade frictions over the past decade have sparked urgent questions about their long-term impact on global economies.

Brazil’s biggest soy producers have withdrawn from the soy moratorium, a pledge to avoid Amazon deforestation.

The beaches aren’t for swimming and visitors rent EVs on this southern Japanese island, where tourism authorities are trying ...

Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong 's towering skyscrapers, but ...

They’re at it again. China and Japan are frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured and bloody history ...

By Junaidi HanafiahSarjan LahayTeguh Suprayitno MERANGIN, Indonesia — There wasn’t much Aris Adrianto felt he could do when the gold miners’ heavy vehicles broke into Bukit Gajah Berani, here in this ...

In the northerly prefecture of Aomori, locals have a unique obsession with apples, which can be experienced in the region’s ...

Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this ...

Last year will be remembered as a real test of commitment for the global sustainability agenda. Political uncertainty and ...

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation. Environmentalists ...