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Tag: japan
Korean Online Shopping Site Coupang Receives $1 Billion Investment
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Leading South Korean online retail company Coupang announced on Wednesday that it had secured $1 billion from Softbank, a Japanese Internet […]
Cristiano Ronaldo Defends Japanese Boy From Laughing Audience
Portuguese professional football (soccer) player, Cristiano Ronaldo, is rather known for his aggressiveness. I suppose you have to be tough to play for Real Madrid and to be captain of […]
Shinzo Abe Offers ‘Remorse’ But No Apology for WWII ‘Comfort Women’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com For some, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “eternal condolences” for the American lives lost during World War II were not enough. In […]
Katy Perry’s Take on the Japanese “Kogal” Trend
It looks like American pop star Katty Perry is still taking styling lessons from Japan. Not that this is her first attempt to try to make a fashion […]
Japan’s Desire To Preserve Youth Continues With Anti-Aging Beer
The desire to preserve one’s youth or to achieve one’s ideal of physical perfection is now in full swing more than ever. Although plastic surgery is more common in […]
S. Korea Lifts Travel Ban on Japanese Journalist Charged with Defaming President
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korea announced that it has lifted the travel ban on Tatsuya Kato, a Japanese journalist charged with defaming South Korean President […]
Seoul to Strengthen Education on ‘Comfort Women’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government announced on Wednesday that it will make efforts to further educate its elementary school students about Japans’s sexual enslavement […]
Abe Expected to Mention Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery During U.S. Trip: U.S. Congressman
Pictured above: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his official residence. The meeting was in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2015. (Photo courtesy […]
Japan’s Latest Beauty Trend May Have You Looking Sick
Admit it. We’ve all experienced our fair share of beauty and fashion trends that may have seemed attractive at the time, but looking back, you wonder what you were possibly […]
Nancy Pelosi Urges Abe to Apologize for Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday to acknowledge and apologize for the sexual slavery committed […]
Shinzo Abe Invited to Address Joint U.S. Congress Session
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will speak before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on April 29, reports Yonhap News Agency. […]
Shinzo Abe Urged to Clearly Apologize for Sexual Slavery, War Crimes Before U.S. Trip
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com As all signs point to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe making a trip to the United States later this spring, several activists […]
South Korean and Japanese Students Talk About English-Language Education
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com On this side of the Pacific, we often hear about our friends and peers heading over to Asia to teach English. But […]
Japan’s “Cat Island” Is Purr-fect for Cat Lovers
If you’re still not satisfied with a Hello Kitty Cafe or a Cat Cafe, how about an island full of cats? As much fun as that sounds, I’ll stick to […]
