One of Japan’s best-known exports, its unique style of animation, faces a new crisis — a disruption in production following the recent earthquake and tsunami. The multi-billion-dollar “anime” industry has already been challeng…
Markets in Hong Kong and China climbed Monday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 1.7% to 22,685 and China’s Shanghai Composite Index inched up 0.1% to end the day at 2,909. Japanese markets were closed today, taking a much-neede…
Japanese shares plummeted in the aftermath of what Prime Minister Naoto Kan describes as Japan’s worst disaster since 1945. The Nikkei 225 Index plunged 6.2%, wiping out this year’s gains and hitting its lowest level in four mo…
Japan suffered a massive 8.8 earthquake Friday, the strongest to occur in the past century, sending Asian stock markets tumbling. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index spiraled down 1.7% and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index dropped 1.6…