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 [...]
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — On Oct. 19, 2022, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) commenced flight operations using an MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). JCG is operating the SeaGuardian from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Air Station Hachinohe. The RPA will primarily perform Maritime Wide Area Search [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are flocking to airlines and tour agencies as the Japanese government once again began to accept the entry of Korean travelers without visas on Tuesday. South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air’s reservation rate for flights between Incheon and Narita jumped to 90 percent in October, spiking from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-made webtoon services are gaining popularity in Japan. Japan’s MMD Laboratory reported that LINE Manga was most the widely used webtoon app at 41.9 percent as of June, followed by Piccoma at 37.3 percent. LINE Manga is operated by LINE, a Japanese mobile messenger arm of South Korea’s top [...]