Bloomberg East Japan Railway Co., which operates major rail lines in the Japanese capital, planned to suspend all train services in the Tokyo area on Sunday in preparation for Typhoon Trami, which is hitting the southwest of the country. Kansai International Airport, which serves the greater Osaka area in western Japan, closed two runways from 11 am on Sunday through ...

Bloomberg India’s monsoon, which accounts for more than 70 percent of annual precipitation, missed a forecast for normal rainfall for a second year. Showers totalled 804 millimeters — or about 91 percent of the 50-year average — in the June to September period, data from the India Meteorological Department showed. The bureau had maintained a forecast of 97 percent in ...

Bloomberg An indie Taiwanese hacker said he will not proceed with a plan to take down Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page and broadcast it live on Sunday. Self-professed bug bounty-hunter Chang Chi-yuan, who ferrets out software flaws in return for cash, said on Facebook this week that he would live-stream an endeavour to delete the billionaire’s account at 6 pm local ...