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Japan’s Rice Is So Expensive, It’s Willing to Eat South Korea’s
Japanese consumers embraced Korean rice for the first time in 35 years, finding it more familiar than other types of foreign ...
US Plans Alaska LNG Summit, Urges Japan, South Korea to Support Project, Source Says
Trump has touted the $44 billion Alaska liquefied natural gas project, which would deliver gas from the state's North Slope ...
Japan’s sovereignty museum shrugs off South Korea’s ‘immediate closure’ call
The museum in Tokyo centres around three separate sets of islands whose ownership Japan disputes with South Korea, China and ...
South Korea, US aim for trade package before tariff pause ends in July
South Korea and the United States agreed to craft a trade package aimed at removing new U.S. tariffs before the pause on ...
U.S. Urges Japan and South Korea to Commit to $44 Billion Alaska Gas Project
A group advising President Trump on energy policy is seeking meetings with Japan and South Korea’s trade ministries, with the hope of announcing progress in early June.
South Korea’s ‘shocking’ fall in marriages is a dating app opportunity, says Match Group’s Asia CEO
"Korea has an acute challenge” when it comes to long-term relationships, notes Malgosia Green, Asia CEO for Match.
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N. Korea denounces U.S. for deploying B-1B strategic bombers to Japan
North Korea on Friday denounced the United States for deploying B-1B strategic bombers to Japan, arguing that such deployment ...
India expects steel imports to slow from China, S.Korea and Japan, government source says
India is expecting steel imports from China, South Korea and Japan to slow after imposition of temporary tariffs this week, a ...
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U.S. expected to press Japan and South Korea for support of Alaska LNG project
The $44 billion Alaska liquefied natural gas project would send gas to customers in Asia as LNG, bypassing the Panama Canal.
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Asia week ahead: Japanese rate decision and data from South Korea, China, Taiwan, Australia
The Bank of Japan is likely to leave rates unchanged, but signal hikes are coming in the months ahead. Markets will also ...
South Korea, US engaged in tariff talks
South Korea has announced that it held talks with the US on President Trump's tariff policies and that the two sides agreed ...
US plans Alaska LNG summit, will urge Japan, South Korea to support project
U.S. President Donald Trump's energy security council plans to host a summit in Alaska in early June, when it hopes Japan and ...