Tech shares rallied on Thursday, driving Asia stock indexes higher, while gold hovered near a record high and the dollar languished as a weak U.S. labor market report bolstered bets for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. The U.S. government shutdown made it a near certainty that crucial monthly payrolls data won’t be released on Friday,…
Suzuki Motor Corp. unveiled its first electric vehicle under its strategy to finally compete in the EV market. The minivehicle maker intends to introduce six electric models in Japan by the business year ending in March 2031. Called e Vitara, the sports utility model is smaller than electric SUVs released by other companies. The lineup…
BEIJING–China and the European Union have issued a joint call to action on climate change during an otherwise tense bilateral summit in Beijing on Thursday riven with major disagreements over trade and the war in Ukraine. The two economic juggernauts issued a joint statement on climate change, urging more emission cuts and greater use of green technology and…
HONG KONG–Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain lawyers and religious personnel, on national security grounds, in the latest expansion of its stringent control. Under the new rules, effective Friday, magistrates can issue warrants on application by correctional service officers to bar exchanges between specific legal representatives and persons…
TOTTORI—An unfounded rumor of an impending major earthquake in Japan has forced international flights between Yonago Kitaro Airport in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, and Hong Kong to be suspended at the end of August. The rumor that “a major disaster will occur in Japan in July” has been spreading on social media and by other means in…