Head away from the hustle and bustle to find a different side to Tokyo, suggests Linda Lombardi.

COMMENT: The key ingredients for cracking the business bigtime in Asia can be found close to home.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent were in Thailand and Cambodia for just under a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent are in Thailand and Cambodia for just over a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent are off to Thailand and Cambodia for just over a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

The service has gradually resumed since the volcanic alert level for Mount Hakone was raised in May 2015.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent travel to Thailand and Cambodia for just over a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Former TV presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent visit Thailand and Cambodia to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Kevin McIntyre checks in to a new hotel just off the main west coast road in Phuket.

Chinese parents are becoming obsessed with giving their offspring an advantage over their young peers.

Chinese fans shelled out nearly $NZ10 billion to go to the movies, and almost two-thirds of that was spent on tickets to the hundreds of local films produced each year.

Hoi An is well known for two things - its unique heritage-listed town centre, Hoi An Ancient Town, and its cheap tailoring services.

Sophie Ryan flies SQ285 from New Zealand to Singapore.

With a six hour stopover in Hanoi, is it worth leaving the airport?

It's a firm favourite, but this destination has more to worry about than Bintang and nasi goreng.

Fewer people have seen inside this incredible place than have reached Everest's summit.

It's getting increasingly unsafe to fly in the world's fastest-growing aviation market.

A proposed booze ban in in Bali may put tourists at risk, critics warn.

Find a fisherman to drop you off at a secluded beach, writes Mauricio Olmedo-Perez.

Dragon by name and dragon by nature, this new attraction in Hunan province is sure to attract thrillseekers from around the world.

There's an uneasy alliance between humans and long-tailed macaques, discovers Jonathan Killick.

A Chinese museum has turned its beady eye on the world's great works of art, writes Rod Pascoe.

Inside the world of a Thailand elephant sanctuary on the banks of the River Kwai.

New Zealand firms need to collaborate when it comes to shipping cargo offshore.

India's Tadoba Andhari National Park is one of the few bright spots in the fight to save tigers from extinction, writes Sarah Marshall.

A knifeman has killed at least 19 people and injured 45 in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, according to reports.

Auckland-based Buckley Systems has almost doubled its factory space to meet demand for its precision electromagnets.

Biologists are adding a gene to the DNA of the pigeon pea, in hopes of boosting export output by 30 per cent.

Export opportunities exist well beyond the most obvious places.

Shandelle Battersby enjoys the people watching and the setting sun in Canggu.