Asia Pacific

Published: 17 February 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A groundbreaking scientific study has upended long-held assumptions about ancient wildlife in Japan, revealing that the large “tiger” fossils unearthed across the archipelago were not tigers at all — but belonged to a now-extinct species of cave lion that once roamed the region tens of thousands of years ago. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the...

Published: 17 February 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Relations between China and Japan have deteriorated sharply in recent months as Beijing has begun to exert pressure on Tokyo in ways that hit at the heart of Japan’s economy, diplomacy and security priorities, raising the question: will Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi cave to China’s demands or stand firm? At the centre of the row is Tokyo’s...

Published: 05 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Afghanistan’s new penal code, published by the Taliban and signed by supreme leader Hiibatullah Akhundzada, has raised alarm internationally for embedding some of the most regressive practices into law, particularly against women. The 90-page De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama effectively enshrines a legal system in which men, including husbands, are granted broad authority over women, equating them with “slave...

Published: 05 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the wake of a resounding election victory that has reshaped the political landscape of Bangladesh, New Delhi and Dhaka now face a diplomatic crossroads. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), long a formidable force in the nation’s political sphere, has returned to power with a mandate that challenges longstanding assumptions about Bangladesh’s domestic trajectory and its foreign relations—particularly...