"The likelihood of achieving the BOJ's outlook has been rising," the central bank said, as many firms say they will continue to raise wages steadily in this year's annual wage negotiations

Nobel laureate now heading Bangladesh's interim govt said Hasina's government faked the country's growth data "and nobody questioned that".

WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned that tariffs of 25% or 60% could trigger tit-for-tat reprisals that return the world to the economic crisis of the 1930s

Tech giant, which owns TikTok, but may soon be permitted its sell its US arm, will spend half of that amount abroad on AI-related infrastructure, such as data centres and networking equipment, sources say

Trump noted on his first day in office the de minimis law, which allows over a billion products to be mailed to the US every year, is unlikely to survive for long

Trump announced the deal with OpenAI's Sam Altman, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, saying it is the "largest AI infrastructure project in history"

Trump has ordered US agencies to review US trade deficits, unfair trade practices and currency manipulation; fentanyl is also a hot topic.

Before we head into Donald Trump’s first full day in office on Tuesday, here’s a look at what his first day back as president meant for technology, climate and markets

Currency traders and stock markets have been rocked by Trump's return to the White House, which has brought joy and disappointment. Investors are still trying to envision how things will play out

JPMorgan set up a “war room” to assess the impact of Trump’s policies on global trade, regulation and other matters, an executive told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos

The wide divergence of views of people in his inner circle is perhaps one reason why Trump held off imposing tariffs on China on day one of his presidency

"Trump wants a deal. Otherwise, he would have shot up China on day one," Alicia Garcia Herrero, chief economist for the Asia Pacific at Natixis, said