SEOUL (Reuters) -- Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country following a 1979 military coup sparked massive democracy protests, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, the Yonhap news agency said.
For the love of sake
TOKYO -- When entrepreneur Benjamin Knopp moved to Tokyo in 2017, he was eager to explore the world of sake but had no clue where to begin.
China's top U.S. hands have been sidelined in Xi's bid for control
BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is giving the cold shoulder to some of China's best-connected figures for relations with the U.S. ahead of a Communist Party congress next fall during which he is expected to seek a third leadership term.
Japan court blocks H2O takeover of Kansai Super
OSAKA -- A Japanese court on Monday blocked Kansai Super Market's plan to merge with H2O Retailing Corp., its top shareholder, after issuing an injunction that raised questions about the validity of an earlier shareholder vote.
Leader of Chinese film subtitling ring gets 3.5-year sentence
HONG KONG -- The organizer of a popular website offering pirated foreign movies and TV shows with custom-made Chinese subtitles has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for copyright infringement in Shanghai.
Xi says China ready to sign ASEAN's nuclear arms-free zone treaty
JAKARTA -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Monday that Beijing was ready to sign a Southeast Asia nuclear weapon-free treaty, in an apparent response to the new AUKUS defense pact between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.
U.S. space station developer to gain financial boost from Mitsui
TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. is investing in Axiom Space, a U.S. startup that aims to put a commercial station into orbit intended as a successor to the International Space Station, Nikkei has learned.
Vietnam PM vows to fix COVID-hit supply chains on trip to Japan
HANOI -- Vietnam is committed to restoring supply chains, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Monday, after its coronavirus lockdown disrupted a key production base for global companies.
Japan to double EV subsidies to match U.S. and Europe
TOKYO -- Japan will double its purchase incentives for electric vehicles to as much as $7,000, on par with similar measures in the U.S. and Europe, and subsidize charging infrastructure as Tokyo looks to catch up with other major advanced economies.
Gripped by chip shortage, Sony halts some digital camera orders
TOKYO -- Sony Group has taken the unusual step of not accepting orders for a number of digital cameras, underscoring an industrywide trend triggered by a drawn-out semiconductor shortage.