"The disruption ... on the international economic order; and the chance to grow would be much, much (more) significant than this one," chief trade negotiator John Deng said

The Bank of Japan ramped up bond buying on Tuesday in a bid to keep the yield on 10-year government bonds at a 0.25% cap, amid renewed pressure from rising global interest rates

A Korean firm that produces isopropyl alcohol, a raw material for cleaning chip wafers, is facing problems shipping to a Chinese firm that supplies wafers to a Samsung factory in China

The company is one of the world's 10 largest video-game firms by market capitalisation, with its $22 billion valuation larger than Take-Two Interactive, the company behind "Grand Theft Auto"

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the yen's recent sharp declines are negative for Japan's economy, shifting a long-held stance.

A Hyundai Motor union official said production at the Ulsan plants picked up slightly on Friday in some lines and the factory was operating at about 60% capacity

The Japanese yen, which has lost over 14% against the dollar so far this year, slipped to a 20-year low versus the dollar on Thursday

About 1,000 drivers have begun a strike in front of the South Korean company's factory in Ulsan, disrupting supplies of essential components

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it had launched an investigation into allegations about an employee of crypto billionaire Do Kwon's Terraform Labs

The currency's recent depreciation reflects fundamentals, such as market expectations of differing monetary policy paths between the US and Japan, the IMF said

While conceding his words may have been inappropriate, Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the remark was intended to help explain the need for more wage growth

Consumption remained resilient in the face of resurgent Covid-19 infections, the data show, in an encouraging sign for Japan's economy