sir david tang has died at the age of 63.ser and a friend of celebrity. he was knighted by the royal family, and russell crowe called him witty, funny, charming, hilarious, and loving. let's get more now on the international reaction to north korea. sarah birke is the tokyo bureau chief for the economist and joins me now. welcome to the programme. you are in tokyo. you are working on an article about japan's readiness for such an attack. so tell us, is the country ready in terms of its defence, politics, et cetera? a country can never be fully ready, especially as the threat is growing from north korea, and there is a sense of concern about how ready they are. some of the papers are talking about how the defence is not up to scratch. they are also focusing on civil defence measures. what people should do in the event of a missile launch. the government has issued guidelines over last year as north korea has done more. guidelines about what to do where to go in the event of a stroke. certain flaws have been highlighted by the

the hong kong born businessman sir david tang who has died at the age of 63. he rose to prominence through his shanghai tang fashion chain, and was well—known as a charity fundraiser and friend of celebrities. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the prime minister insists she intends to fight the next general election in 2022. speaking on a visit to japan, theresa may said there was no truth whatsoever to reports she would stand down in two years‘ time. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the indian economy is growing, but by how much? recent changes, like a new goods and services tax, have kept people guessing. and donald trump snakes a pitch to clean up the tax code in america. —— makes a. trump snakes a pitch to clean up the tax code in america. —— makes am costs americans millions and millions and millions ofjobs and is self—destructive, trillions of dollars. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. i am sharanjit leyl asia business repo

and tributes are being paid to the hong kong born businessman sir david tang, who has died at the ageai tang fashion chain, and was well—known as a charity fundraiser and friend of celebrities. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.

and tributes are being paid to the hong kong born businessman sir david tang, who has died at the age of 63. he rose to prominence through his shanghai tang fashion chain, and was well—known as a charity fundraiser and friend of celebrities. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. my guest will be instantly recognisable to millions around the world as captainjean—luc picard of the uss enterprise or as professor charles xavier of x—men. but, after 17 years in hollywood, patrick stewart turned his back on it, to return to england and to venues like this, london's young vic, to his first love, shakespeare and the theatre. in his latest role, he is even playing shakespeare. so why choose small audiences in venues like this over the glamour of hollywood? sir patrick stewart, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, in this latest role of yours, which is a production of edward bond's play bingo, you are playing shakespeare himself. it is the third time in 20 years you have played this role. why is it so important to you? it's technically, i thin