WHAT IS A BOMB CYCLONE? A bomb cyclone, also referred to as explosive cyclogenesis or bombogenesis, is a mid-latitude cyclone that has rapidly intensified. A cyclone is a low-pressure weather system – one where the atmospheric pressure is lower at its center than in surrounding areas – with winds rotating inward. It circulates in a […]
By Edith Lin Change applying to all foreign visitors seen as response to series of abuses involving tourists suspected of illegally trading duty-free goods before departure. Source: Hongkongers visiting Japan to face new rules for claiming back consumption tax
By Agence France-Presse A senior Japanese public prosecutor on Wednesday bowed in apology to Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner whose conviction was quashed this year. The octogenarian spent 46 years on death row for a quadruple murder in 1966 but a court acquitted him in September, ruling that evidence had been fabricated. […]