Bear attacks are at record levels in Japan, with more than a dozen people killed this year. Javier C. Hernández, our Tokyo bureau chief, looks at the causes and how Japan is responding.

Tariffs have forced Chinese companies to move their operations to Vietnam. Alexandra Stevenson, our Shanghai bureau chief, visits a factory in Ho Chi Minh City to see how one of the biggest challenges isn’t relocating machinery and tools, but overcoming language barriers.