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How innovation is saving Japan’s vending machine empire – Asia News Network
August 13, 2026 TOKYO – On a scorching summer afternoon at the Yomiuri Land theme park in western Tokyo, sun-baked...
Vietnam spotlight: Nisshin’s Quick Boil Spaghetti and Korea’s Haerim Slit Chicken show how exposure‑area innovation transforms everyday foods
Japan’s Nisshin Seifun Welna launched its Quick Boil Spaghetti in Vietnam some time ago, but it recently caught our attention...
Air Niugini restores direct PNG-Japan route after pandemic suspension
AIR Niugini has restored direct flights between Port Moresby and Tokyo’s Narita airport, reopening a route that first linked Papua...
How are China, Japan, and the Philippines reshaping Indo-Pacific security?
Editor’s note: Faig Mahmudov is a journalist based in Azerbaijan who covers regional security, foreign policy and geopolitical developments. The...
JPMorgan’s Kinexys Adds Five Asia-Pacific Currencies
JPMorgan’s tokenization platform Kinexys has expanded support for Asia-Pacific currencies. Kinexys now supports the Australian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Japanese...
Japanese, Korean markets surge on end-of-Iran-war news
SEOUL, South Korea — Markets in Seoul and Tokyo surged Monday on news that the U.S. and Iran agreed to...
High-spending Western tourists lift Japan hotel rates to record high as Chinese arrivals fall
More Western tourists, who are more likely to choose higher-priced hotels, are helping push up Japan’s hotel rates. Japan’s hotel...
Indonesia Eyes JMSDF Asagiri-Class Destroyers as Japan Tailors Warship Transfers to Southeast Asian Partners
Japan and Indonesia have agreed to begin working-level discussions on the possible transfer of used Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)...
The next strikes could be against Europe: Zelenskyy explains why it is crucial to cut off component supply channels to Russia
In this week’s strike on Kyiv, the Russians used missiles that were manufactured this year. Without components from companies in...
New Zealand officials reject statue remembering Japan’s WWII sex slaves
New Zealand officials rejected on Wednesday an application to install a statue commemorating so-called “comfort women” enslaved by Japan before...
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