Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in seoul, where the head of the us military, generaljoseph dunford, is getting ready for talks on north Koreas Nuclear and missile threats. Hes to meet president moonjae in and south koreas defence minister. Afterwards hell go on to china and japan. The bbcs Richard Galpin reports. On the Pacific Island of guam, people turned out in large numbers on sunday to pray for peace. They are now potentially in the firing line as the stand off between the us and north korea continues. Pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island which is home to major us military bases. Were here to pray for the leaders of those countries to remain calm and think about the people and the lives of the people we have here. In japan, anti Aircraft Systems were deployed at the weekend to shoot down any north korean missiles aimed at guam. This area of Southern Japan would lie on the flight path. This is the most serious crisis in the region since the
And a new week but old worries over tensions between north korea and the us Keeping Markets on edge. And with Holiday Season in full swing well speak to the founder of one hotel Online Booking firm whos trying to cut out the middle man. And as Airline Passenger arrests soar by 50 , today we want to know what are your flying bugbears . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Know surprisingly my biggest bugbear when a flying is the lack of legroom no surprise, my biggest bugbear. We start with japan, which has just released its latest set of growth figures, and theres good news for the worlds Third Largest economy. It recorded its longest economic expansion in a decade. Japan Beat Expectations with growth of 1 between april and june thats the sixth straight quarter of growth. The numbers are an encouraging sign for the government but dont solve the countrys ongoing financial headaches. Japans productivity per person per hour stands at 23. 45. Th