Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s announcement that he will step down next month after a patchy three years boosted markets

The PBOC has opened a new front, following wars fought against speculators and unwelcome price moves in China's stock and currency markets

Sources say some of the compliance checks were related to four rural commercial banks under investigation for suspected bond market manipulation

Japanese equities came under pressure again as domestic chip stocks followed an overnight slide on Wall Street

Indexes across the region recovered more of their Monday losses as an air of calm returned to trading floors

Stocks in Japan rebounded dramatically on Tuesday, enjoying the biggest one-day percentage rise since October 2008, while other markets in Asia also got a lift

The Nikkei in Japan suffers its biggest ever one-day loss, plummeting by a whopping 13%, while Taiwanese and Korean shares both sank by more than 8%.

Japan’s benchmark index endured a bruising day, seeing its biggest daily percentage fall in more than four years

China’s manufacturing activity shrank for the first time in nine months in July while Japan’s currency peaked at a four-month high

Japan’s surprise rate hike fuelled a banking and tech stocks rally while hope of more stimulus from Beijing boosted Hong Kong shares

BOJ decides to raise the overnight call rate to 0.25%. It also unveiled plans to halve monthly bond buying to 3 trillion yen ($19.6bn) by early 2026

Faster-than-expected second-quarter growth in the US lifted the mood on most trading floors though there was also a post-typhoon Taiwan drag