Japanese stores set to sell fashion goods, artworks made from old Levi’s jeans
Dec 14, 2021 23:59 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature Life
More than 50 Japanese companies have transformed discarded used Levis 501 jeans into 150 fashion items, including bags and shoes, to help reduce the mountains of old clothing wastes. The recycled goods will be available...
Aimy Moon’s AI compositions to be sold on the NFT market
Dec 14, 2021 23:58 pm UTC| Life Digital Currency Economy Business
Hancom Artpia will collaborate with AI-based content production company Enterarts to sell the NFT of AI composer Aimy Moon in an NFT market slated to launch later this month. The digital singles composition of Aimy...
S. Korea’s 5-star hotels Lotte, Hilton compete to accommodate pets
Dec 14, 2021 23:40 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
South Koreas five-star hotels are now scrambling to accommodate pets in an attempt to survive the pandemic era as many guests refuse to go on an end-of-year vacation if they have to leave their pets home. Lotte Hotel ...
Younger Japanese consumers lead demand for spicy Korean Food
Dec 14, 2021 21:54 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
Japans young generation is increasingly preferring the authentic Korean taste to lead the demand for Korean food in the country. Despite Japans overall distaste for spicy flavors, the countrys MZ generation, born...
Honda developing AI system that could eliminate traffic fatalities
Dec 11, 2021 23:54 pm UTC| Technology Economy Business Life
Honda Motor Co. is developing an artificial intelligence-powered system to be gradually installed in new vehicles in the latter half of the 2020s to help reach its goal of eliminating fatal crashes involving its vehicles...
Mazda now accepting reservations for hand-controlled SUV for disabled drivers
Dec 10, 2021 21:48 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
Mazda Motor Corp has begun accepting reservations for MX-30 Self-empowerment Driving Vehicle, a modified SUV that can be solely controlled with hands. Many physically disabled users may drive the modified version of the...
Four-seat movie theater seen as alternative to multiplex
Dec 09, 2021 23:02 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
Local startup The VX recently opened a private theater dubbed Another Watching Club, with three viewing rooms consisting of only four seats each in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province The business model is gaining attention as an...
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