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· Ryan General
AI hiring tool disproportionately screened out Asian applicants, study finds
A hiring algorithm promoted as a way to make hiring more objective disproportionately screened out Asian job applicants, according to a Stanford-led study. Candidates of Asian descent faced the largest cumulative shortfall in recommendations among the racial groups analyzed. The…
· Carl Samson
Trump admin walks back green card memo as Asian backlogs loom
The Trump administration is downplaying a new green card policy memo that immigration advocates warn could push hundreds of thousands of applicants, many of them Asian, to pursue permanent residency from abroad. Memo prompts walkback The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…
· Ryan General
High-achieving Asian American teens are slipping through mental health screening
Many Chinese American teenagers struggling with anxiety and depression are being overlooked by schools and even their own families because they continue earning high grades and meeting expectations in class. Mental health researchers say traditional screening systems often focus…
· Ryan General
Most Asian, Black and Latina women say government is failing them, new poll finds
Black, Latina and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women are losing confidence in government institutions even as they remain deeply engaged in the political process, according to a new Ipsos survey released ahead of the 2026 midterms. Nearly seven in 10…
· Ryan General
Why anti-Asian workplace bias often goes unrecognized, according to new research
Americans may be less likely to identify racism against Asian employees because Asian Americans do not fit common mental “prototypes” of discrimination victims, according to new research that appeared in the March-April 2026 issue of Organization Science. The analysis, led by…
· Ryan General
YouTuber faces backlash after anti-Asian tweet resurfaces during K-pop debut
Internet personality Trisha Paytas drew backlash this week after critics resurfaced a 2017 tweet containing anti-Asian slurs days after she released a Korean-language pop single styled after mainstream K-pop videos. The 38-year-old American creator of Hungarian descent released…
· Ryan General
Fear alone did not drive anti-Asian attacks during COVID, researchers say
Anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic was fueled more by anger than fear of infection, according to new research from Murdoch University in Australia. The study found that people who viewed Asians as responsible for the spread of the virus were more likely to support…
· Carl Samson
Asian American enrollment up at elite colleges after affirmative action ruling, but unevenly
Asian American freshman representation has risen at the nation’s most selective colleges in the first admissions cycle following the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions, but the gains are far from uniform across individual elite institutions, according to a new…
· Carl Samson
DOJ says Yale med discriminated against Asian, white applicants
The Justice Department has accused Yale’s medical school of illegally considering race in its admissions decisions, the second medical school finding the agency has issued in eight days. What the department is saying A year-long probe by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division concluded…
· Ryan General
Asian American NBA stars are lighting up the conference finals
Three of the four teams currently battling it out in the NBA conference finals feature players of Asian American heritage, placing Filipino American guards Jordan Clarkson, Jared McCain and Dylan Harper alongside Vietnamese American forward Jaylin Williams on one of basketball’s…
· Ryan General
A viral NYC meetup for Wasians turned into a larger argument about race and representation
A social meetup for Wasians, promoted through community page Half Asian Spring, drew more than 3,000 people to Central Park’s Sheep Meadow on May 10, where attendees filmed street interviews, joined celebrity look-alike contests and celebrated shared experiences of growing up…
· Editorial Staff
NextShark invests in Journey Optics, a brand building sunglasses for Asian faces
NextShark, a leading platform covering Asian and Asian American culture and reaching over 100 million people monthly, has taken an equity stake in Journey Optics, an emerging eyewear brand focused on designing low bridge fit / Asian fit high-performance sunglasses for Asian…
· Carl Samson
The hantavirus outbreak isn’t being blamed on Asians, but AAPI communities are watching anyway
The hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic unfolds against the backdrop of lingering COVID-era trauma in Asian American communities. The virus itself, however, carries no link to Asia. A South American virus, a Korean name The World Health Organization has…
· Carl Samson
DOJ says UCLA med school favored Black, Hispanic applicants over Asian, white students
The David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, violated federal law by favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian American applicants in its admissions process, the Justice Department announced last Wednesday. Finding and…
· Carl Samson
Asian immigrants weigh exit plans as legal ground shifts
Court rulings, executive orders and enforcement campaigns are making immigration status feel increasingly conditional for Asian immigrants and their families across the U.S., pushing tens of thousands to leave and others to prepare for a future outside the country they have long…
· Ryan General
Arden Cho says she spent decades struggling to feel proud of being Asian
“KPop Demon Hunters” star Arden Cho said growing up Asian American left her questioning her appearance, identity and place within the culture around her. During a May 3 conversation at Stanford University’s annual “Listen to the Silence” conference, Cho spoke about years of…
· Ryan General
More Americans are tuning in to Asian-led content, analysis finds
The latest AANHPI audience report from data analytics company Nielsen found that Asian-led stories, athletes and franchises are drawing viewers across every major demographic group in the U.S. Released on May 7, “The Crossover Effect: AANHPI Audiences X Content” examined…
· Carl Samson
Most Asian and Pacific Islanders detained by ICE had no criminal history, report finds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, detentions and deportations of Asian and Pacific Islander people have risen five to seven times compared to the previous administration, with nearly seven in 10 detentions involving people with no criminal history, according to…
· Carl Samson
How the Voting Rights Act ruling threatens Asian American political power
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision narrowing the Voting Rights Act lands as Asian Americans, the nation’s fastest-growing racial group, are only beginning to build the geographic concentration needed to elect representatives of their choice. A rising bloc The country’s Asian…
· Carl Samson
Asian Americans more worried than hopeful as federal pressures mount, new survey reveals
Asian Americans are the country’s only racial or ethnic group whose worry outpaces hope, amid mounting pressures from federal immigration enforcement, trade policy and deepening questions about identity and place in American society, according to a new national survey. Key…
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Company · Japan · TYO:2801
Kikkoman
Kikkoman is how Japanese flavor went global — the soy sauce that became a default condiment on Western tables and made 'umami' a kitchen word.
Company · Singapore · NASDAQ:GRAB
Grab
Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
Company · Singapore · NYSE:SE
Sea Ltd
Sea is Southeast Asia's culture-and-commerce giant — Garena's Free Fire defined mobile gaming for the region while Shopee reshaped how it shops.
Company · Japan · TYO:4911
Shiseido
Shiseido is the standard-bearer of J-beauty — a 150-year-old house whose skincare rituals and prestige brands shape beauty across Asia and beyond.
Company · China · HKEX:0700
Tencent
Tencent ties gaming, messaging, streaming, and social habits to one of Asia's biggest internet companies.
Company · China · NASDAQ:TCOM
Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group is Asia's largest online travel agency — the booking layer behind the region's outbound tourism boom, from Ctrip in China to Skyscanner worldwide.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Jollibee Foods Corporation · Food · PSE:JFC
Jollibee is turning nostalgia into stores.
This shows up when a meal that feels like home is no longer just your hometown stop but the same Jollibee run you can repeat in more places across Southeast Asia.
Explainer · Jollibee Foods Corporation
If Jollibee feels like home, that feeling is spreading across Southeast Asia.
This shows up when a meal that feels like home is no longer just your hometown stop but the same Jollibee run you can repeat in more places across Southeast Asia.