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Japan's offbeat sex parlors waxed to art in exhibit of kink

Sex parlors in Japan are so over-the-top bonkers that they can be considered artworks in their own right.

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Exploding Kittens part of comeback trend for board and card games

​Some millennials, tired of today’s smartphone-obsessed digital culture, are turning to the retro pleasures of board games and card games as a way to enhance face-to-face interaction

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How HK Disney made sure Shanghai Disneyland doesn’t put off Chinese visitors

​Drawing on the lessons of launching Disneylands in Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, Walt Disney Co. has gone to great lengths to avoid cultural faux pas at its recently opened theme park in China

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DJI, Silicon Delta darling that dominates drone market, explores new frontiers

​Shenzhen-based Da-Jiang Innovations, faced with competition from rivals such as Parrot and Xiaomi, pushes programming kit that lets drone buyers adapt them for use in areas such as science, agriculture and search and rescue

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China's Soiled Soil

In the middle of removing weeds from his vegetable plot, Mr Bai Ning stops and gazes into the distance.He casts a rueful look at the soil under his feet which, for generations, had provided a living for his family in Xiaodiantou village.

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Bangladesh’s water shortage woes in stark contrast to country’s reputation for floods and cyclones

Every drink of water earns Seema, 15, a rebuke from her mother. The wells in their village in Bangladesh have run dry, and so everything they need must be carried by hand from up to half a kilometre away.

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Philippines, other developing countries need China's AIIB: newspaper

The widely circulated Philippine Daily Inquirer on Monday ran an editorial saying the Philippines can avail itself of the infrastructure lending program being offered by Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to finance the country's massive infrastructure needs.

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Why a growing army of 'digital nomads' are choosing Asia as their base

For many who wish to get away from the daily commute, working online offers them a chance to fulfil their dream, and safe, cheap and friendly Asia is the perfect place to do it

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Why music graduates craving a career in Hong Kong feel they must go it alone

Lacking connections and unwilling to conform to the city’s sterile mainstream scene, Berklee College of Music graduates Joyce Cheung and Mark Tai pursue personal ventures in the hope they’ll be heard

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Japan revamps child welfare, but tens of thousands still institutionalized

The director of the institution, nurses scurrying busily around him, says he would like extra time and staff to pay more attention to the 70 babies and toddlers under his care, but it's not going to happen.

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Japan revamps child welfare, but tens of thousands still institutionalized

The director of the institution, nurses scurrying busily around him, says he would like extra time and staff to pay more attention to the 70 babies and toddlers under his care, but it's not going to happen.

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Amazon's new kindle brings back accessibility for the blind

After years with no text-to-speech, the new entry-level e-reader’s Bluetooth may help

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Uncertain future for Hong Kong's red and green minibuses, born of 1967 riots

With no new licences issued since the 1970s and MTR expansion steadily eroding profits and earnings, minibus operators struggle to recruit drivers. They hope to be allowed to add more seats

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Taster's choice on Beijing's Brunch Week

With no chef, no kitchen-not even a knife and fork in their inventory, Onno Schreurs and Toine Rooijmans' may sound incredibly brash with their culinary ambition: building a better dining experience in China-and all of Asia.

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Why Myanmar's disabled war veterans are still begging or hawking on streets

Tourists and locals a source of sustenance for many former soldiers who lost limbs fighting rebels; Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD, now in power, will focus on political prisoners, not ex-servicemen

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The true cost of your cheap clothes: slave wages for Bangladesh factory workers

Everyone loves a bargain but the true cost of that latest wardrobe addition is pitiful wages for Bangladesh's legion of factory workers, writes Simon Parry.

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The hidden cruelty of Hong Kong's mercy release industry

Freeing captured animals is a ritual that some Buddhists believe to be good for their karma. However, the effects on the animals and our biodiversity are far from beneficial