Bloomberg Shuhei Yoshida has reason to celebrate. The head of Sony Corp.’s games development is six weeks away from the introduction of its first virtual-reality headset and demand seems promising. The $399 headset is sold out at retailers around the world, even though most customers haven’t been able to try it out. But on a rainy evening in Tokyo, …

  Bangkok / AFP A line of prisoners emerges from Bangkok’s sewers covered in a thick film of slime and hauling buckets of sludge — frontline troops in the battle against a rising tide of plastic waste. Located just 50 centimetres above sea level and criss-crossed with canals, Thailand’s throbbing capital has long had to fight off floods and an …

  New York / DPA Dating back at least to the 1980s as a minority pursuit in the United States, the Sneakerhead subculture has now broadened out to a mass market that extends well beyond brands like Air Jordan and Converse Chuck Taylor. Streetwear — particularly the trade in limited collections — has emerged from the underground to become a …