Bloomberg The number of foreign tourists to Japan dropped for the first time in more than five years during September, as an earthquake and typhoon brought a temporary halt to travel in some of the country’s top destinations. Tourist numbers fell 5.3 percent last month from a year earlier, according to the Japan National Tourism Organisation. That’s the first year-on-year ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s metro trains suffered delays due to a rare, simultaneous signaling glitch on four of its lines, causing chaos at stations and inconveniencing thousands of commuters during the morning peak-hour rush. The Asian financial hub’s rail operator, MTR Corp., said three major lines and a fourth one had to be operated manually early on Tuesday, slowing down trains ...

Bloomberg Singapore’s state investment firm, Temasek Holdings Pte, has held talks with Chinese authorities about acquiring a stake in Anbang Insurance Group Co. as well as some of its assets, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Temasek has been examining a potential deal for several months, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are ...