KATHMANDU -- Nepal has recorded growth in imports in October for the first time in 15 months amid sluggish economic activities in the last several months, the latest government figures showed.

The continued fall in imports took a break in mid-October, as the South Asian country imported goods worth 407.75 billion Nepali rupees (3.07 billion U.S. dollars) during the first quarter of the current 2023-24 fiscal year, up 1.69 percent year-on-year, according to the Department of Customs. (Nepal-Import)

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks ended lower on Monday, as uncertainty stoked by the intensifying Israel-Hamas conflict weighed on investor appetite.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 294.73 points, or 0.95 percent, from Friday at 30,696.96. (Japan-Tokyo Stocks)

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MANILA -- At least 207,932 Chinese tourists have visited the Philippines from January to September this year, a Philippine lawmaker said Monday.

Citing the latest data from the Department of Tourism, Representative Marvin Rillo said Chinese tourists comprise 5.15 percent of the 4,038,379 foreign tourists who arrived in the Philippines during the first nine months of 2023. (Philippines-Foreign Tourists)

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee has resolved action to adopt stronger measures to rein in inflation and stabilize the value of the Lao currency kip to ease the impacts on the public.

The Party's 11th Central Committee adopted the resolution at its seventh session, which took place in Lao capital Vientiane on Oct. 23 to 26, Lao national Television reported on Monday. (Laos-Inflation-Measures) Enditem

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