 
 
							Washington is talking to allies about adding 11 more Chinese chipmaking factories to a restricted list, which currently has five firms on it
 
 
							Investors snapped up Japanese stocks after sharp losses in the previous session but uncertainties about the BoJ’s policy path weighed on investor sentiment
 
 
							Concerns over governance and the board's independence have fuelled unrest against Toyoda, and any big drop in his shareholder support could spur action on reforms
 
 
							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
 
 
							Chinese leader allegedly told European president that Washington was trying to trick Beijing into attacking Taiwan
 
 
							Li Qiang ended his four-day trip to Australia on Tuesday with a visit to a lithium processing plant, after embassy officials 'clumsy' bid to hide jailed journalist from cameras
 
 
							The investment mogul’s stake in the Chinese electric vehicle maker is effectively down more than 66%
 
 
							Among the biggest drags on Nikkei was Toyota Motor, which slid 2.6% amid continued fallout from a safety test certification scandal
 
 
							US lawmakers have backed a bill that would ban the sale of drones made by China's DJI, but the move still needs to be assessed by the US Senate
 
 
							China has opened a probe into pork imported from Europe a week after the EU put extra tariffs on Chinese cars; meanwhile, production of cheap Chinese EVs has begun in Poland
 
 
							Western governments are offering incentives to Brazil to develop a rare earths supply chain. It has large reserves and its first rare earths mine started commercial production this year
 
 
							Factory output in May was flat, while the property sector continues to weigh on sentiment, despite strong exports and a rise in retail sales