TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party and its junior partner lost their majority in Sunday’s parliamentary election. The loss, much bigger than expected, is bad news for a leader who’s only been in power for a month. It’s largely a reflection of voters’ anger at the repeated financial scandals that have…
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares rose Monday, as the yen dipped in the midst of political uncertainty after Japan’s ruling party lost its majority in Parliament’s lower house in weekend elections. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.7% in early trading to 7,552.94, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.5% to 19,549.65. Britain’s FTSE 100 added nearly 0.2%…
Former world No 1 and four-time grand-slam tournament winner Naomi Osaka will play in the WTA 250 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open this month, organisers confirmed on Tuesday. Japan’s Osaka joins a roster featuring another former world No 1 in Simona Halep, defending champion Leylah Fernandez, British No 1 Katie Boulter and former US Open…
The head chef of a restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong who formerly worked at the Michelin-starred flagship in Tokyo has admitted to secretly filming upskirt videos of women, saying he did so because he was suffering from depression and had been influenced by pornography. Eastern Court on Thursday convicted Japanese national Eisaku…
The head chef of a restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong who formerly worked at the Michelin-starred flagship in Tokyo has admitted to secretly filming upskirt videos of women, saying he did so because he was suffering from depression and had been influenced by pornography. Eastern Court on Thursday convicted Japanese national Eisaku…
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, as market optimism got a perk from the record highs set on Wall Street. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.3% in afternoon trading to 39,390.33. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.4% to 8,223.00. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.5% to 2,607.45. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 3.7% to…
Cathay Pacific Airways has diverted a Hong Kong-to-New York flight to Tokyo after a passenger reported feeling unwell during the journey. Hong Kong’s flag carrier on Sunday confirmed the diversion of flight CX840, which left the city at around 6.25pm on Saturday. “Flight CX840 from Hong Kong to New York JFK on [Saturday] was diverted…
Tokyo’s Nikkei index has been battered by a stronger yen (Richard A. Brooks) Stocks plunged more than four percent in Tokyo on Monday after the yen surged in reaction to Shigeru Ishiba’s election last week as the head of Japan’s ruling party, which boosted expectations the Bank of Japan will continue hiking interest rates. However,…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has diverted a US-bound flight to Japan to remove an “unruly passenger” suspected to have touched cabin crew members and verbally abused them under the influence of alcohol, the Post has learned. The carrier confirmed that flight CX806 from Hong Kong to Chicago, which departed the city at…
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines will add three new destinations in Japan in the final quarter of this year, the company’s new head has said, while the future of the much-awaited services to Beijing and Shanghai remains uncertain. The airline would start flying to Yonago in the western region of Tottori prefecture on October 27,…