A rate hike may be on the table at the BoJ's next meeting at the end of July, when the bank will unveil its plan on how it will trim its huge bond buying

Yuan drops to 7.26 to the US dollar, amid a flood of cash from the mainland to Hong Kong, while foreign equity investors have also withdrawn $4.5bn this month via Stock Connect

Cable outage reports raise eyebrows because Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to visit Hanoi this week – news that drew a sharp rebuke from US officials

Losses in Japan and Hong Kong were offset by markets rallying in Taiwan and South Korea — both of which were buoyed by overnight gains on Wall Street and positive tech news.

Chinese blue chips fell 1.2%, having been shut on Monday, while the Hang Seng Index was down 1.04% and the yuan hit a seven-month low.

Crackdown stems from junta's fear of financial collapse, after a plunge of the Myanmar currency and news its citizens were the second largest group of foreign buyers of Thai condos in the first quarter of this year

Asian markets were generally subdued on Tuesday – except for India, where news that the Modi government may fall short of a big election win caused shares to sink

Japanese authorities have not been able to make a sustained difference to the yen and are unlikely to keep the currency from hovering near crucial lows

Economic data from April heightens uncertainty on the timing of the Bank of Japan's next interest rate hike

The Nikkei jumped by 1.57% on Tuesday, while the Hang Seng dropped 0.5% as investors cashed in on the best performance in six years – a rise over 10 consecutive trading days

China's blue-chip index jumped 1.4% on Monday, while the Hang Seng was up 0.55% in Hong Kong, but trading was thin, with a holiday in Japan.

Major intervention by Tokyo this week has lifted the currency from 34-year lows, while the dollar has had its worst week in two months, but concerns about the currency and economy remain