Sento bathhouses launch new services to stay afloat
Bathhouses like Kogane-yu are launching innovative services like installing capsule-style rooms for overnight guests.
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VR, AR ready to blossom nationwide
Tech giants have jumped on the metaverse bandwagon and invested heavily in the state-of-the-art VR and AR technologies.
High sodium content found in certain dim sum dishes in Hong Kong
Among different types of dim sum, shrimp siu mai was found to have the highest average sodium content of 590 mg/100 g, followed by spring roll with shrimp.
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.
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.