Australia and Japan are expected to update their security agreement, given China's aggressive posturing over Taiwan and the South China Sea. But Tokyo also wants help with its energy transition

Japan's core consumer inflation rate rose 3% last month to a new high, adding pressure on the Bank of Japan and its soft interest rate policy, which has caused the yen to plummet

Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War Two amid growing concern about the war in Ukraine and Beijing's plan to takeover Taiwan

Central bank unable to slow drop past key level, despite vow to buy 100 billion yen ($667 million) of state debt with 10-20 maturities plus another 100bn of bonds with maturities of 5-10 years

The US-China trade conflict and the escalation of cross-Strait tensions have brought serious challenges, TSMC chairman Mark Liu says

Tokyo dodges questions on whether it is already supporting its currency through ‘stealth intervention’ as US dollar’s surge continues

Korea Electric power raised its base electric rate by 17% for industrial customers and 6.8% for residential users.

"The main driver behind the increase are rising prices of food," analyst Rikuto Minami at Mizuho Research & Technologies said.

Chip giants allowed to continue work at their China factories, but the ban on US citizens working for local firms has shocked the sector, forcing firms like Naura and YMTC to pull key staff

Toshiba shares shot up on Thursday after reports of a possible takeover by a group of firms led by Japan Industrial Partners, a domestic private equity group

Japan says it is watching the yen’s slide “with a high sense of urgency” and is poised to “take appropriate steps on excess moves”

US chip tool maker will cease offering some supplies and services from Wednesday to customers in China, a source revealed on Tuesday.