• In Singapore, many have been shocked by a public feud between the prime minister and his siblings over the legacy of their father, Lee Kuan Yew. [The New York Times]

• Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan promised to devote his “whole being” to his role as emperor, in his first public address since the passage of a law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate. [The Asahi Shimbun]

• In Hong Kong, biologists say an airport expansion will threaten the survival of the area’s Chinese white dolphins. [The New York Times]

• An aid organization found that people were more likely to donate to victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami than to those fleeing the war in Syria. It blamed bad marketing. [The New York Times]

• “Snowflake” has become America’s catchiest political insult of the year. But our writer finds that people who use it seem to be aggrieved themselves. [The New York Times]

• Australian native wildflowers, notably the eucalyptus tetragona, are a trendy obsession for florists and design stores in Japan. [ABC]

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