Chiba brewery makes prize-winning umeshu with top-notch sake
The brewery, which was established in 1830, uses its two top categories of sake made from highly polished rice.
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Chinese government seeks to better protect gig workers
A recent analysis by AliResearch, a think tank of Alibaba Group, shows that gig workers in China will number as much as 400 million by 2036.
Rise in number of S’pore businesses that closed in first half of the year
A total of 24,503 business entities ceased operations in the first half of this year, a 3 per cent increase from the same period last yea.
Korea’s art market boom continues in 2022
South Korea’s art market is estimated to mark about 532.9 billion won for the first half of 2022, amounting to 58 percent of the annual art market size of 2021.
South Korean convenience stores make forays into Malaysia
Malaysia is the third overseas market for GS25 to enter, after it launched stores in Vietnam in 2018 and Mongolia in 2021.
RCEP unleashes Chinese enterprises’ true potential
An expert predicted that Chinese enterprises will likely intensify cross-border industrial capacity cooperation with counterparts from other RCEP members.
Macau shuts all its casinos in race to curb Covid-19 spread
The city’s 30-plus casinos, along with other non-essential businesses will shut for one week and people were ordered to stay at home.
Apple named world’s most valuable brand
The iPhone maker knocked rival Amazon off the top spot for the first time in three years.
Healing mugwort fixes poverty as well as aches
The Qichun county is attracting more investments as growers of mugwort – leaves that are used in a traditional Chinese healing therapy gains popularity nationwide.
Japanese start-ups entering reforestation market
Companies like Green Foresters engages in reforestation in the Kanto region of Tokyo. Owner Shotaro Nakai says, “mountain restoration is an area [that] has room for growth”.