As the number of surviving Japanese American World War II internees declines, oral historian Diana Tsuchida is intensifying her efforts to record the final first-hand accounts from families connected to the Topaz War Relocation Center in Delta, Utah. Through her oral history project and journal Tessaku, she documents daily life inside the 19,000-acre desert compound where more than 8,000 Japanese Americans were confined.

A speed-dating study by psychologisfound no evidence that lighter skin increases romantic desirability among Asian American singles. The researchers analyzed both stated and revealed preferences from 262 participants across 15 dating events and found that skin tone did not predict who was rated attractive or offered a second date. U.S.-born men and women showed slight preferences for darker skin, while foreign-born men and women expressed different patterns that did not affect dating outcomes.

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first woman prime minister since the country established its modern parliamentary system 140 years ago, yet her ultraconservative ideology has left questions whether this milestone will translate into meaningful progress for women and the country.

President Donald Trump this week pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted Binance founder whose company provides infrastructure for the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures, prompting questions about potential conflicts of interest given the president’s substantial digital asset holdings.

A Chicago jury on Thursday found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the execution-style killing of a 71-year-old grandfather in Chinatown nearly four years ago.

Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), withdrew from consideration earlier this week following allegations of racist text messages such as “Never trust a chinaman or Indian” and a declaration that he has “a Nazi streak.”

Federal agents targeting street vendors in Manhattan’s Chinatown earlier this week detained nine immigrants on counterfeiting charges, an enforcement action that has heightened anxiety among Asian American locals about becoming the next targets of immigration raids.

FBI Director Kash Patel faced a torrent of racist and Hinduphobic comments on social media earlier this week after posting Diwali greetings, joining fellow Indian American political figures Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy — as well as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who has no Indian heritage but is a practicing Hindu — in receiving hateful responses to their festival messages.

Two of the NBA’s most anticipated rookies, Filipino American guard Dylan Harper and Chinese center Yang Hansen, are set to make their regular season debuts this week after standout preseason showings.

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, who spent decades advancing physics in both the U.S. and China, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103 due to illness, according to Chinese state media.