July 2016

Filipinos remain wary of constitutional change

31st July 2016 / Michael Henry Yusingco / The Philippines

Can Rodrigo Duterte achieve constitutional reform where three previous presidents have failed? Having won the recent election on a platform that included giving serious consideration to federalising the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte again declared his support for this huge political transformation in his inaugural State of the Nation Address. Many Filipinos, however, remain wary of […]

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Misogyny on the rise in South Korea’s ‘gender war’

21st July 2016 / Hyaeweol Choi / Gender and sexuality, Korea

A shocking murder puts renewed focus on gender politics in South Korea On 17 May this year a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death by a 34-year-old man at a unisex toilet near the Gangnam subway station in Seoul. What shocked the public most was that the victim was a total stranger to the assailant.

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Television dating shows—China’s new matchmakers

19th July 2016 / Wang Pan / China, Gender and sexuality

Love and marriage in today’s China are increasingly being conducted in the spotlight If not bread and butter, television dating shows have become an important ingredient of the Chinese diet. For singles, they are a platform for seeking potential spouses. For the mass audience, they are a topic for gossip. For the cultural elites, they

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Japan’s food education campaign takes on a nationalistic flavour

19th July 2016 / Chikako Nihei / Gender and sexuality, Japan

Mothers under pressure as Japan pushes return to a traditional diet The Japanese government’s shokuiku (food education) campaign entered a new phase recently that again places rice-based dishes at the forefront of the national diet. Shokuiku started in 2005 in response to concerns over rising lifestyle-related diseases, food safety and national food sufficiency, and for

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New thinking redefines Japan’s foreign aid policy

11th July 2016 / Purnendra Jain / Japan

Japan’s latest aid charter has introduced new and controversial measures Foreign aid is a key instrument of international engagement in Japan’s foreign policy toolkit. Although Tokyo is no longer the world’s top aid donor that it once was in the 1990s, it still is one of the leading ODA (official development assistance) donors within the

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Time to position Australia as a digital player in a world online

7th July 2016 / Danielle Cave / Technology

Australia has yet to grasp the significance of digital technology in expanding its relations with Asia Australia exists in a world well and truly on its way to digital saturation. While we are likely decades away from the terrifying concept of ‘peak digital’, a complete renovation of how the public, organisations, governments and countries engage

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July 2016

Filipinos remain wary of constitutional change

Misogyny on the rise in South Korea’s ‘gender war’

Television dating shows—China’s new matchmakers

Japan’s food education campaign takes on a nationalistic flavour

New thinking redefines Japan’s foreign aid policy

Time to position Australia as a digital player in a world online

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