SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A top South Korean official stressed that a nuclear safety review process has not yet finished for Japan’s planned release of contaminated water from its hobbled Fukushima Daiichi plant into the sea. “The government’s top priority is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the people,” Nuclear Safety and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Travel demand to Japan has exploded in South Korea amid a weak yen and Japan’s easing of virus restrictions, industry data showed Friday. Japan resumed visa-free entry of international travelers in early October, after two years of strict border control to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The Japanese [...]
MEDELLÍN, Colombia, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BITPOINT Latam, with its origins from JFSA-licensed BITPOINT Japan, launched Japanese Weeks for its crypto users in Latin America, a period of education and commercial activities aimed at promoting the use, trading, and development of new cryptocurrency-based products in Latin America. According to the latest Chainalysis’ Global Adoption report, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has become the first overseas act to top the Japanese music tracker Oricon’s total annual sales ranking for the second consecutive year. The South Korean band ranked No. 1 both in the total rankings and digital rankings in the “artist sales” category, according to the annual [...]
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SNCR), a global leader and innovator in cloud, messaging and digital products and platforms, today announced a new milestone in Japan for its Synchronoss Advanced Messaging platform. In collaboration with mobile operators NTT DOCOMO, KDDI, and SoftBank, the Japanese consortium [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s golf course industry continues to expand, it is nearing the size of Japan’s, data showed Thursday. The Korea Leisure Industry Research Institute reported that the size of last year’s golf course industry in South Korea reached 8.5 trillion won (US$6.54 billion), including caddy fees. The country’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan have agreed to expand the number of flights on the Gimpo-Haneda route to the pre-pandemic level to meet recovering travel demand amid eased virus curbs, the transport ministry said Wednesday. Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s two biggest carriers, will gradually [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won stressed Monday that South Korea and Japan should focus on the future of their relations despite disputes over shared history. “We know that there are some problems in the South Korea-Japan relations,” Chey, who leads the South Korean conglomerate, said at an annual seminar hosted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising rookie girl group Le Sserafim will make a debut in Japan with its first Japanese-language single, “Fearless,” on Jan. 25, the band’s agency said Friday. The single will contain three tracks — Japanese versions of “Fearless,” its hit debut song released in May, and “Blue Flame” and a [...]
TOKYO, JAPAN, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline launched its “Beyond #MissingJapan” after news of Japan’s plans to reopen the country to international travellers. The “Beyond #MissingJapan” campaign was inspired by social posts of people missing Japan as a result of the pandemic and [...]