Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will allow travellers who have booked tickets to Japan to “modify” their flights after Beijing’s earlier call for Chinese citizens to avoid going to the country. In a statement on Wednesday, the airline said it was “closely monitoring the situation” as tensions escalated over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s suggestion that Tokyo could deploy military forces in the event of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait. “In light of the travel advisories...