For Yoojung Lee's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Changes to women's daily routines amid the pandemic have halted the rising wealth of those who tapped the popularity of South Korean beauty brands in a deal-making frenzy.
In the music industry, fans are everything. But when it comes to K-pop, that adage holds more true than ever.
Masayoshi Son had offered to buy Shunji Sugaya’s business idea for $2.8 million.
Some are barely old enough to walk and talk, much less understand the stock market. But thanks to South Korea's tax laws, a growing number of children as young as 1 are sitting on shareholdings collectively worth millions of dollars. These rich kids are increasingly ...
After 37 years in business, Shigeru Nagatomi handed over the keys in December last year. Nagatomi Pharmacy Corp., the Kyushu medical supplies shop bearing his family name, had grown to 23 dispensing pharmacies in Oita Prefecture . Nagatomi had contemplated passing the company to his ...
The world's fastest growing source of megawealth hit a speed bump this year. The 128 people in Asia with enough money to crack the 500-member Bloomberg Billionaires Index lost a combined $137 billion in 2018, the first time wealth in the region has dropped since ...
Japanese retail tycoon Ryuji Arai can thank a growing flock of Chinese spenders for his swelling fortune. Bic Camera Inc., the Tokyo-based consumer electronics retailer that sells everything from cosmetics to liquor at discounted prices, has become a sought-after destination for tourists shopping in Japan. ...
