K-pop culture machine boosts Netflix growth
NEW YORK/SEOUL, Oct 21, 2020, Reuters. A zombie drama, a TV series about a supernatural…
Japan
Japan is an economy of 127 million people and one of the 12 founding members of APEC. In 1989, Japan’s real GDP was USD 4.4 trillion, and its real per capita GDP was USD 36,000. By 2016, its real GDP grew to USD 6 trillion, while its per capita GDP to USD 48,000. It is the world’s third largest economy.
PM Suga hails Japan-ASEAN partnership as he wraps up first overseas trip
JAKARTA, Oct 21, 2020, Kyodo. Japan and ASEAN are “old friends” both seeking to realize…
Russia targeted Tokyo Olympics in cyberattacks: British govt
LONDON, Oct 20, 2020, Kyodo. Russian military intelligence carried out cyberattacks targeting the Tokyo Olympics…
Vietnam moves up in the annual Asia Power Index
SYDNEY, Oct 20, 2020, VNS. Việt Nam moved up one spot to rank 12th out…
Australia to rejoin QUAD naval exercises in move certain to infuriate Beijing
CANBERRA, Oct 20, 2020, ABC News. Diplomatic tensions with China are set to be reignited…
Japan exports down but slowly recover amid pandemic damage
TOKYO, Oct 19, 2020, AP. The drop in Japanese exports diminished last month, according to…
Japanese and Vietnamese PM meet, with focus on economic and defense cooperation
HANOI, Oct 19, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga started a meeting Monday with his…
Japanese PM Suga to visit Vietnam on Oct 18-20
HANOI, Oct 18, 2020, VNS. At the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc…
[Analytics] Securing an ‘Asian NATO’ or destabilising Korea relations?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo intended to meet his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha…
SIA, Cathay Pacific, Far East Hospitality to get fillip from planned travel bubble
SINGAPORE, Oct 16, 2020, BT. Aviation and hospitality stocks listed in Singapore and Hong Kong…
Japan to release treated Fukushima water into sea: Reports
TOKYO, Oct 16, 2020, AFP. Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated…
Japan-US talks on cost-sharing for hosting troops start via videoconference: Source
TOKYO, Oct 16, 2020, Kyodo. Japan and the United States launched working-level negotiations Thursday on…