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Introducing Fortune's first-ever Most Influential Women Asia ranking

Twelve women from pop culture, policymaking and professional sports, who together show the diverse ways that power gets expressed across Asia.

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Tan Su Shan, CEO of Southeast Asia's largest bank, is Fortune's most powerful woman in Asia for 2025

DBS's new CEO is No. 1 on Fortune's second-ever Most Powerful Women Asia ranking, among a finance- and tech-heavy top five.

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Japan Touts Safety, Security And Weak Yen To Showcase Tokyo As 'Attractive Hub' For UN As US Pulls Back Under Trump

Japan is pitching Tokyo as an "attractive" base for United Nations operations as the United States steps back from multilateral leadership, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting U.N. Secretary‑General António Guterres in New York last week.

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Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

Tokyo even introduced a government-sponsored dating app to help people find partners.

Fortune

Japanese city becomes first to subsidise epidurals to encourage more women to have children

Japan has one of the lowest rates of epidural use among developed countries

The Independent UK

‘No time to spare’ to address Japan’s baby bust as Tokyo promises free day care to all preschoolers

It’s the second family-friendly policy out of Tokyo, following the municipal government’s decision to offer a four-day workweek to employees.

Fortune

Tokyo Embraces a 4-Day Work Week—Could the UK Be Next, or Is It Bad for Business?

A four-day workweek in Tokyo aims to support young families and improve work-life balance. Several UK businesses have already adopted said strategy.

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Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

Tokyo earlier this year introduced a government-sponsored dating app to help people find partners.

Fortune

Tokyo to introduce four-day work week for government staff in push for parenthood

Staff can take up to three days off per week while still working 155 hours

The Independent UK

"Pace is too slow." Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges

Eight years ago Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor

The Independent UK

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike Wins Third Term Easily

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike secures a third term in a closely watched election, emphasizing policies like childcare subsidies and Olympics hosting amidst C...

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Exploring The Top 10 Political Rivalries

Discover historic political rivalries like Kennedy vs. Nixon, Thatcher vs. Kinnock, and Clinton vs. Trump.

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The challenges that await on Formula E’s long-overdue visit to Tokyo

Since Formula E was founded 10 years ago, organisers of the all-electric championship have tried for over a decade to race in Japan’s capital, now the most populous city on earth with a population of more than 37 million.

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Tokyo governor's hydrogen innovation hopes for new deal

While rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific occupy Japan and Australia, Tokyo's governor hopes a new deal can combat another growing global challenge.

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Newcastle Uni water technology linked to futuristic $500b Saudi desert city

The Neom mega-project includes a 170km linear city.

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Opponents of a controversial Tokyo park redevelopment file a petition urging government to step in

A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park has submitted a fresh petition in its campaign to get the national government to intervene and revise the plan to save more trees

The Independent UK

Protesters demand that Japan save 1000s of trees by revising a design plan for a popular Tokyo park

Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision

The Independent UK

Tokyo's threatened Jingu Gaien park placed on 'Heritage Alert' list by conservancy body

Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a “Heritage Alert” list by a conservancy body that assesses international monuments and historic sites

The Independent UK

Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto Quake, with disaster drills nationwide

Japan's prime minister has staged a televised a disaster drill in which he declared a fictional state of emergency based on a real-life earthquake that devastated the capital region a century ago

The Independent UK

100-year-old ginkgo trees could get the axe under disputed plan for Tokyo's Jingu Gaien park

A few hundred have turned out to protect historic century-old ginkgo trees that are likely to be chopped down under a controversial redevelopment for a beloved Tokyo park district

The Independent UK

Critics of Tokyo redevelopment plan accuse city government of ignoring residents' wishes

Critics of the planned redevelopment of a beloved centuries-old Tokyo park and historic sports stadiums have accused the government in court of ignoring the wishes of residents and catering to commercial interests

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