Courtesy of Batik Air Malaysia and the Ministry of Tourism and Environment ... Souvenirs in food form are harder to come by. If you’ve ever been to Japan and bombarded by its many daintily packaged ...

A major disaster was narrowly averted at Sekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, after a Batik Air ...

Choose from literary pursuits to visual arts over the coming weekend. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off the southeastern coast of the Nemuro Peninsula in Japan on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The JMA ...

TOKYO: Japanese auto exports to the United States fell almost a quarter in May, data showed on Wednesday (Jun 18), as worries over Donald Trump's tariffs grow with Tokyo and Washington yet to ...

At least 30 flights were canceled due to Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in the east of Indonesia’s Flores island erupting.

Batik is an ancient art form that employs wax-resist dyeing techniques to produce intricate patterns on fabric. From places like Indonesia, this technique involves waxing cloth and then dyeing it.

The 30-minute 'Japanese walking' method has exploded on social media, with claims it is 'better' than walking 10,000 steps per day. I tried it to find out more ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia has seen a steep decline in the number of artisanal batik producers over the past four years across key production centres, from Java to Sumatra, as pressure mounts from a surge ...

A possible magnitude-nine earthquake along the Nankai Trough, a submarine trough near the South of Japan, may lead to up to 298,000 deaths and a loss of up to 270 trillion yen (S$2.43 trillion) in ...