SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 5,000 South Koreans headed to Japan on Tuesday, on the first day of lifted border restrictions, according to airport officials here. Japan lifted the ban on the number of inbound passengers after nearly two years and seven months, under which visas for stays of up to 90 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will double the number of flights on the Gimpo-Haneda route late this month as Japan resumed visa-free travel for visitors, the transport ministry said Tuesday. The government will have carriers provide 56 flights per week on the Haneda route from the existing 28 starting Oct. 30, the [...]
SINGAPORE, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Fellaz, a next-generation entertainment platform, announced its official partnership with Rakuten that will make Fellaz an Official Partner of The NBA Japan Games 2022 Presented by Rakuten & Nissan and the Presenting Partner of the Game 2 Halftime Show. NBA Japan Games 2022 will feature the 2022 NBA champion [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Tuesday it has received approval to sell its anticancer biosimilar Vegzelma in Japan. According to the company, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare recently approved the sale of the biosimilar, also known as CT-P16, which referenced Switzerland-based Roche Holding’s blockbuster pill [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court’s order for Japan to disclose its state assets in South Korea to pay compensation to Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery was aborted due to Tokyo’s refusal to comply, judicial sources said Friday. The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday dismissed the case pertaining to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Demand for travel packages to Japan is rising following the announcement that restrictions on entering the country would be dropped. South Korean tour agency Hana Tour reported a 413.9 percent increase in the average daily number of travel reservations to Japan between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4 compared to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The mutual approval rate between South Korea and Japan has recovered to the levels of 2019, prior to the outbreak of the boycott movement against Japanese products, a survey showed Thursday. The percentage of South Koreans with a favorable view of the neighboring country rose from 20.5 percent last [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans flocked to “SM Town Live 2022: SMCU EXPRESS,” which was held for the first time in three years at the Tokyo Dome in Japan from Saturday to Monday. The festival, hosted by SM Entertainment, starred BoA, Super Junior, SHINee, Red Velvet, NCT, aespa and other SM artists. Fans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean overseas direct purchasers are turning towards Japan to enjoy more affordable prices amid the yen’s prolonged weakness. Shinhan Card Co., a major South Korean credit card company, said the number of settlements made by its customers for overseas direct purchases from Japan during the first seven months [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SD Biosensor Inc., a South Korean developer of COVID-19 test kits, said Thursday it has signed a deal worth 148.3 billion won (US$112.3 million) to supply COVID-19 test kits to Japan. SD Biosensor said it will provide two types of test products — a type that can diagnose both [...]