Asia

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

Islamic State threatens to kill two Japanese hostages unless Tokyo pays $200 million. Indonesia executes five foreigner over drugs charges. New revelations on the AirAsia plane crash. North Korean… Audio

Papal visit to the Philippines and Sri Lanka, the latest on the Air Asia investigation. Audio

Indonesian search and rescue teams have found the all important tail piece. The opposition National League for Democracy party in Myanmar confirmed that it will contest even if a constitutional… Audio

Our Asia correspondent Rachel Mealey is in Yuzawa, Japan on this first day of the new year. Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times, Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

Thomas Talhelm of the University of Virginia reckons that some of the differences between Western and Eastern cultures can be explained by the crops they grow. Audio

Militarisation of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. China's territorial dispute with Vietnam. Audio

Consumption and Asia Founder and CEO of independent, pan-Asian think tank The Global Institute for Tomorrow, and author of Consumptionomics: Asia's Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet.

This week Ideas looks at New Zealand in Asia. Audio