The number of initial public offerings on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets is expected to increase rapidly in the current year－and their total value will grow substantially－after 227 took place in 2016, a 3.7 percent rise from the year earlier, according to accounting and auditing firm PwC.
With a record-breaking number of visitors expected this fiscal year, Universal Studios Japan here will hike its admission fees from Feb. 8, marking the eighth consecutive year for a price increase, operator USJ Co. announced on Dec. 27.
An average of 14 people died every day on their way across the Mediterranean Sea in 2016, the highest number ever recorded, said UN Spokesperson's Office on Tuesday.
The annual civil service exam kicked off on Sunday, and some recent topics－such as college graduates starting their own businesses and the Yutu lunar rover－appeared in the exam questions.
The number of foreigners who visited South Korea in the first 10 months of this year jumped 33.1 percent from a year ago, breaking the previous record high in 2014, the state-run tourism agency said Monday.
The number of foreign visitors to Japan topped 20 million in the first 10 month of this year, said the Japan National Tourism Organization on Wednesday.
Over 500,000 people registered to take China's national civil-service examinations only six days since registration began. The average number of applicants per position reaches 19.25:1.
Around 10,000 people employed in hospitality and tourism in Taiwan will take to the streets in downtown Taipei on Sept. 12 to protest against a drop in visitors from the Chinese mainland, organizers said Wednesday.
The estimated number of visitors to Japan in July jumped 19.7 percent from a year before to an all-time monthly high of 2.297 million, thanks in part to robust travel demand in the summer holiday season, data from a government agency showed Wednesday.
China aims to develop a number of cyber-tech multinationals by 2025, according to an official statement on Wednesday.
The number of foreign cruise passengers visiting S.Korea nearly doubled in the first half of this year, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Monday.
Pestering prerecorded calls are reaching record highs, and even hit our cellphones; here are ways you can try to stop them
The fall in the number of students taking the gaokao will force some colleges and universities to find novel recruitment methods if they want to enroll enough students, education experts have warned.
The number of applicants to take the state-run Korean language proficiency test for non-native Korean speakers and ethnic Koreans has reached a record high amid foreigners' growing interest in Korean pop culture, the education ministry said Monday.
The largest known prime number is now almost five million digits longer than the previous record-holder.
The number of passengers on international flights via Japan's Kansai International Airport in 2015 reached a new record high due to increasing LCC (low-cost carrier) flights from China and other Asian countries, said the New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. on Monday.
Australian road signs could soon be translated into Mandarin in a move to attract more Chinese tourists, and make it easier for the growing number of "self-drive" Chinese tourists to find their way around the country.
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