Bloomberg Authorities ordered more than 700,000 people in Kagoshima in Japan’s southern island of Kyushu to evacuate from record rains that are forecast to last for the next several days. The Japan Meteorological Agency has called for “severe caution” toward potential landslides and flooding. The agency said that it may issue an “emergency warning,” used for weather events that occur ...

Bloomberg The US Commerce Department imposed duties of more than 400 percent on steel imports from Vietnam, accusing some businesses of shipping products from the Southeast Asian nation to evade the levies in a further escalation of tension between the two trading partners. In three preliminary circumvention rulings on Vietnamese steel, the Commerce Department said certain products produced in South ...

Bloomberg China is considering buying some US agricultural products as a gesture of goodwill amid the resumption of trade talks between Beijing and Washington, though the volume is likely to be smaller than before, according to people familiar with the situation. Purchases could include soybeans, corn and meat , according to the people, who asked not to be identified as ...