A Gallup Korea survey from June shows 78% of those polled said they were very or somewhat worried about contamination of seafood. When asked, some shoppers at fish markets told Korean media outlets …
Focus: China-led EV boom in Thailand threatens Japan’s grip on key market
Thailand’s Siam Motors partnered with Nissan Motors in 1962 with a factory that rolled out four cars a day, leading to a profitable, decades-long relationship with Japanese companies that transformed …
‘Bread is much easier’: how Japan fell out of love with rice
The traditional staple is losing the battle with more convenient and cheaper alternative foods
South China Sea: ‘neutral’ Vietnam hedges against Beijing as US, Japan, India, South Korea seek to woo it militarily
Despite ongoing tensions in the disputed waterway, Vietnam’s ‘No 1 priority’ is still maintaining stable bilateral ties with China, analysts say Yet ‘diplomatic balancing’ and its ‘swing state’ status have led to visits from US and Japanese warships …
As China threat grows in Asia, Japan to open NATO liaison office to counter Beijing
Japan will open a NATO liaison office in Tokyo in yet another move to increase its security capabilities and deter Chinese aggression in the region.
Cultural properties can be Japan-South Korea diplomatic opportunity
But the collection, named after Japanese businessman and art collector Takenosuke Ogura (1870-1964), also symbolizes the simmering question of the restitution or return of cultural properties brought …
South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater
South Korean opposition lawmakers sharply criticized the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima …
Japan home to a growing Muslim presence as it embraces change
Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.
Exclusive: Vietnam’s SHB in stake sale talks, could value lender at $2.2 billion
wants to tie up with a long-term foreign investor and also tap into the growing interest from South Korean and Japanese investors in Vietnam’s banking sector, one of the sources said. SHB is in talks …
Hundreds in Seoul protest Japan’s plans to release treated wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant
Hundreds marched in Seoul on Saturday to demand that Japan scrap plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant as the UN nuclear agency’s head met with senior officials to discuss food safety concerns.