A record-breaking 691,100 Singaporeans visited Japan in 2024, said the Japan National Tourism Organisation’s (JNTO) Singapore Office on Wednesday (Jan 15). Read more at The Business Times.

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Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 9.0% in December from the same month a year earlier, data on Friday showed, boosted by increased shipments of both electronic and non-electronic goods. The increase compared with a Reuters poll forecast of a rise of 7.

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Firms’ expenditures going into Japan, Canada and Singapore also hit records. In contrast, new investments into China rose only slightly to US$3.65 billion last year. They accounted for only 7.5 per cent of companies’ total overseas spending – the lowest in data going back to 1991.

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Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports rose 9 per cent in December from the same month a year earlier, data today showed, boosted by increased shipments