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Korea, Japan turn toward each other as both nations stare into demographic abyss

With fertility rates at historic lows and populations aging at unprecedented speed, Korea and Japan are turning to each other for answers, as experts call for bold increases in family-related spending to avoid long-term demographic decline.

2025-12-15

Japanese Embassy hosts home-cooked tasting to celebrate 60 years of Korea-Japan diplomacy

Korean and Japanese home-style dishes centered on fermented soybean pastes were prepared at a tasting event at the Nakamura Academy on Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

2025-12-15

Japan's last two giant pandas going back to China early next year

Japan is set to become “panda-free” as the last two giant pandas remaining in the country are scheduled to be returned to China in late January next year.

2025-12-15

KBS hosts 'Music Bank Global Festival' at Japan's National Stadium

A K-pop concert was held for the first time at Japan’s National Stadium, the country’s largest venue, over the weekend. KBS announced that it hosted the “2025 Music Bank Global Festival in Japan” over two days.

2025-12-14

Korea, China, Japan agree on health care cooperation amid Tokyo-Beijing squabble

Heads of health authorities from Korea, China and Japan have agreed to strengthen trilateral cooperation on universal health coverage and mental health by leveraging AI and digital technologies, Seoul's Health Ministry said Sunday.

2025-12-14

East Asian triangle in flux: Taiwan up, Japan back, Korea at risk

The U.S.-China power struggle is reshaping the economic landscape of the East Asian “JaKoTa” triangle — Japan, Korea and Taiwan — with Taiwan rising rapidly on the back of its overwhelming strength in the semiconductor foundry sector.

2025-12-13

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region.

2025-12-12

Japan protests Supreme Court ruling in partial favor of wartime forced labor victims

Tokyo protested a Korean Supreme Court ruling that ordered a Japanese company to compensate a victim of wartime forced labor, reiterating its view that the issue has already been settled and should be resolved through a third-party payment.

2025-12-12

U.S. bombers join Japanese jets in show of force after China-Russia drills, Tokyo says

U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the East Sea alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas around U.S. allies Japan and Korea.

2025-12-12

Top court upholds ruling ordering Nippon Steel to compensate family of late wartime forced laborer

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering Nippon Steel to pay compensation to the family of a late Korean forced into wartime labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

2025-12-11