VOX POPULI: Nikkei index soars but real economy still feels sluggishPolitics updates: Follow updates for the latest on government targetsVOX POPULI: China remains same heartless nation as seen in grim 1984 filmBoeing tells pilots to check seats after LATAM plane incidentDonald Trump's Georgia judge dismisses some criminal chargesChinese hackers breached US ambassador to China's email accountVOX POPULI: Early spring fills us with regret at missing out on winter’s charmsVOX POPULI: Rooting for the Sendai killifish that survived the 2011 tsunamiVOX POPULI: ‘Domicide’ is yet another terrible addition to the lexicon of warVOX POPULI: Celebrating the arrival of spring the same way as in ‘Tale of Genji’