When Japan’s Honda Motor Co Ltd stopped using Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd as its stock transfer agent last year, the lender slapped it with a roughly $4 million termination fee, according to two …
Exclusive – An ‘industry custom’: Little-known fees help Japan trust banks dominate profitable niche market
When Japan’s Honda Motor Co Ltd stopped using Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd as its stock transfer agent last year, the lender slapped it with a roughly $4 million termination fee, according to two …
South Korean tech firms shake up Japan’s storied manga industry
Two South Korean technology companies are borrowing from mobile gaming to shake up – and dominate – Japan’s storied manga industry, a plot twist that has expanded the comics’ fanbase to a new …
South Korea’s Moon says Olympics may be chance for North Korea, U.S. talks
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that the Tokyo Olympics could provide a chance to reopen talks between North Korea and the United States, North Korea and Japan, and the two Koreas.
Moon: South Korea, Japan must look to future to improve ties
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that his government is eager for talks with Japan to improve relations following years of bitter feuding over …
Pandemic widens divide between winners and losers in Japanese clothing business
An increasing number of people are gravitating toward reasonably priced functional garments and moving away from traditional business wear as working remotely becomes more common.
Pandemic widens divide between winners and losers in Japanese clothing business
An increasing number of people are gravitating toward reasonably priced functional garments and moving away from traditional business wear as working remotely becomes more common.
A thousand cuts: A ‘Zainichi’ Korean reporter’s deep dive into microaggression in Japan
A throw-away quip here, a thoughtless comment there, none meant to hurt anyone’s feelings, but revealing of certain ingrained attitudes, and ･･･ …
2 feet of snow to bury portions of Korean Peninsula, Japan
Dangerous travel conditions are expected to unfold across the Korean Peninsula and parts of Japan as a strengthening storm brings rain and heavy snow as it races across the region. A storm that moved …
Japan Planned to Send Underwater Aircraft Carriers to Bomb the U.S. Homeland
With that battle engaged, it was as if Japan itself was finally attacked. As soon as Colonel James Doolittle’s B-25 raid struck Japan in April 1942, Japan sought to wreak revenge on the United States …