TOKYO, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government on Tuesday approved new textbooks, apparently watering down the coercive nature of its wartime wrongdoings and intensifying its sovereignty claim to Dokdo, for use by the country’s elementary school students starting in 2024. Tokyo’s education ministry announced that 149 textbooks have passed its review, a move [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air resumed regular late-night flights between Incheon International Airport, the gateway to Seoul, and Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport on Monday, three years after they were suspended due to COVID-19. The flight departs from Haneda at 2 a.m. and arrives at Incheon at 4:35 a.m. seven times a week, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Japanese animations were among the top five films on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, industry data showed Monday, proving their unwavering popularity among local audiences. The Japanese animation “Suzume” posted 712,473 admissions from Friday to Sunday to top the box office for the second consecutive week, [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of flight passengers from South Korea to Japan has sharply increased so far this year compared with a year ago, data showed Sunday, on the back of eased travel restrictions and a weaker Japanese yen. The combined number of passengers traveling from Incheon International Airport and Gimpo [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean exports to Japan will rise 3.5 trillion won (US$2.69 billion) this year if Seoul’s export structure to Tokyo returns to the status it had in the 2017-2018 period before a trade dispute flared up in 2019, a business lobby said Sunday. Japan accounted for 4.5 percent of [...]
TOKYO, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have bonded over a couple of drinks at a popular eatery in Tokyo, a person familiar with the exchange said. The two leaders, who held summit talks earlier in the day Thursday, visited Rengatei, a Western-style establishment known as [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan’s removal of export curbs on South Korea is expected to ease business uncertainties and help ensure stable supply chains of key industry materials amid global supply disruptions and tougher competition in advanced industry sectors, experts said Thursday. Earlier in the day, Seoul’s industry ministry announced Japan will remove [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Two victims of wartime forced labor by Japan have filed a lawsuit seeking to collect compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ affiliate in South Korea, their legal representatives said Thursday. One surviving victim and bereaved family members of the other victim lodged the suit against Mitsubishi on Wednesday, asking the [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Surviving Korean victims of wartime forced labor delivered their formal position to reject the government’s compensation plan to a public foundation in charge of the controversial process, according to their legal representatives Monday. They are among those who won compensation cases against Japanese companies at South Korea’s Supreme Court [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese fan brought his country’s imperial-era flag during a baseball game between the two countries in Tokyo on Friday. The Rising Sun Flag was seen in the upper deck in the left field at Tokyo Dome prior to a Pool B game of the World Baseball Classic between [...]