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Japan and South Korea suffer deadly heat as temperatures shatter records across East Asia

Japan records its highest temperature ever at 41.2 degrees as South Korea endures 23 nights in a row above 25 degrees.

Japan's PM Ishiba eager to resume 'shuttle diplomacy' with South Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has expressed eagerness to resume communications with South Korea through so-called ...
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Japan, South Korea scorch under blistering heat amid climate crisis

Japan and South Korea have been dealing with intense heat, prompting authorities to issue advice for people to take ...

Tariffs on South Korea’s products threaten the ‘K-beauty’ boom in the US

In the United States and elsewhere, Korean cosmetics, or K-beauty for short, have dominated the trend. A craze for all-in-one ...

Japan PM eyes better ties with S. Korea after meeting foreign chief

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday expressed his desire to maintain the "good" momentum in relations ...
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Japanese alcohol expands rapidly in S. Korea as ‘No Japan’ sentiment fades

South Korea’s leading beverage company HiteJinro is launching Kirin Group’s alcohol brand Hyoketsu in South Korea for the ...
Time Out2d

Tsunami warnings hit Japan and more Asian countries after powerful Russia quake

A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30, rattling the region and triggering tsunami alerts across parts of Asia, including Japan, China, ...
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S. Korea-Japan talks in Tokyo

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya pose for a photo during their meeting ...