That delicacy at wedding banquets may have passed through the hands of criminals — and ocean health is at stake. The programme Undercover Asia finds out what one country is doing to stop the illegal trade.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government is backing the construction of new reactors for the first time since the Fukushima disaster in 2011. It will have to convince a skeptical public first, says Bloomberg Opinion’s Gearoid Reidy.

Taiwan’s proposed defence budget ought to have provisions that make funds available contingent on key reforms being made, says Ted Gover.

Local media said the new date is an indication that the general election will be called soon, but the de facto law minister said it is just speculation.