New Life Movement
On 12 March 1945, "Asia Raya" held a round-table conference at Miyako Hotel in Batavia. Numerous speakers from the New Life Movement (), led by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, held discourses on ways to invigorate the independence movement. These speakers included future government ministers Oto Iskandar di Nata and Maria Ulfah Santoso, as well as future Prime Minister of Indonesia Sutan Sjahrir. "Asia Raya" published in-depth transcriptions of the proceedings over a period of three days.