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Hong Kong applies to join RCEP trade agreement
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2022
» Hong Kong has submitted an application to join the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, a mega trade agreement involving countries such as Thailand, Japan and South Korea, the government said on Wednesday.
Thailand brings 'boys' love' back to Japan with homegrown dramas
Kyodo News, Published on 22/02/2022
» Once an importer of "boys' love" (BL) media from Japan, Thailand has now brought the genre full circle with its growing range of dramas themed on romances between impossibly beautiful young men.
US economy grows 5.7%
Kyodo News, Published on 27/01/2022
» The United States economy expanded 5.7% in 2021, marking the best one-year performance since 1984 and underscoring the recovery from a coronavirus pandemic-induced economic downturn, data from the Commerce Department showed Thursday.
Foreign tourists return after 7 months
Kyodo News, Published on 20/10/2020
» Thirty-nine Chinese tourists arrived in Bangkok by air on Tuesday, marking the return of foreign tourists to Thailand after a seven-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Foreign visitors to Japan drop 99.9% in June for 3rd straight month
Kyodo News, Published on 15/07/2020
» Japan received an estimated 2,600 foreign travellers in June, down 99.9% from a year earlier for the third consecutive monthly decline amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday.
Laos hydropower plant begins operation
Kyodo News, Published on 09/09/2019
» A major hydropower plant built in Laos has started commercial operation.
Hotel Nikko to open in EEC
Kyodo News, Published on 30/08/2019
» Japanese hotel chain Hotel Okura Co plans to open a luxury hotel under its Nikko Hotels International brand at an industrial zone in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor in the first half of 2021.
Thailand delays trans-Pacific FTA application
Kyodo News, Published on 18/03/2019
» Thailand will delay its application to join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement until after next Sunday's election, a Commerce Ministry official said Monday.
Pager services to end in Japan after 50 years
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2018
» TOKYO: Japan will soon be out of pagers after its only provider said on Monday it will terminate its service in September next year, with the device, first introduced in the country half a century ago, made redundant by mobile phones.
Japanese firms in Thailand eye wage hikes
Kyodo News, Published on 21/08/2018
» Japanese firms operating in Thailand intend to carry out wage hikes this year, thanks to a brighter economic outlook in the kingdom.