SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Japan will hold director-general-level talks this week to discuss a broad range of issues, including follow-up measures related to Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday. It said the meeting set for Tuesday in Tokyo will be attended by Chung Byung-won, [...]
WALTHAM, Mass., May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Histogenics Corporation (Histogenics) (Nasdaq:HSGX), a regenerative medicine company focused on developing and commercializing products in the musculoskeletal space, announced that it has acquired the development and commercialization rights to NeoCart for the Japanese market from its long-time development partner Purpose Co., Ltd (Purpose). This agreement is the next [...]
TOKYO, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — ALMEX INC. has launched Loveinn Japan, a website devoted to Japanese love hotels on April 25, 2016. Loveinn Japan is the first website in English exclusively for foreigners, with Chinese and Korean languages to be added in the coming months. Its purpose is to introduce the unique culture of [...]
TOKYO, JAPAN, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) - Ricoh today announced the second annual developers contest soliciting applications for apps and gadgets that utilize the RICOH THETA camera, which can take 360-degree, fully spherical images, or videos, in one capture. Registration will be open April 1, 2016 through August 10, 2016. Those registered have until August [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government will provide a large quantity of public rental housing so that young city dwellers will not be forced to move to suburbs due to high rent. If high-density development of areas near important subway stations is allowed like in Japan or Hong Kong, more than 40,000 units [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea’s high youth unemployment could persist for a while, as Japan’s did, a local think tank warned Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-biggest economy seems to be following in Japan’s footsteps when it comes to the growth trend and demographics, according to a report authored by Ryu Sang-yoon, a senior analyst [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The sensational South Korean television series “Descendants of the Sun” has been giving Korean and Chinese viewers heartaches since it was first aired. The Chinese government is even warning viewers about possible ‘risks’ involved with watching the drama. According to Chinese media, the number of views prior to the [...]
SEJONG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean food firms will take part in an annual international food exhibition in Japan to bolster exports to the neighboring country, the agricultural ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said 88 local companies will be present at the four-day Foodex Japan 2016 that kicks [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The gap between South Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and that of Japan narrowed in 2015, mainly due to Asia’s No. 2 economy continuing to wrestle with a prolonged slump, a report by a local economic think tank showed Tuesday. South Korea’s GDP, which came to US$27,226 in 2015, is equal to 84percent of the $32,432 posted by Japan, data compiled [...]
SEOUL, Feb.2 (Korea Bizwire) – Many individuals, especially young people, start their day by checking their cell phones to see if there are any missed calls or new messages. Workers read the news online during their commutes, and check their SNS accounts before going to bed. Smartphones have become a 24-hour necessity in life, but [...]