Japanese PM Fumio Kishida said the two nations had been working to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific under "an increasingly severe strategic environment"

Toyota has already slashed its global production target for the last financial year three times, from 9.3 million in May 2021 to 8.5 million this February

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

"A few of the Russian banks are joining hands with UCO Bank and Yes Bank. It will be primarily rupee-basis trade, could be rupee-rouble or could be rupee-riyal," a government official said

Imports rose by more than 40% for the fifth month in a row, hitting their highest ever level since data began in 1979, according to Japan's MOF

Two main coalitions are vying to form government – Barisan Nasional, which is the current ruling coalition, and the opposition Pakatan Harapan.

"Rather than staying in that role, I recognise the gravity of this situation," former Kakao chief Namkoong Whon said

Pakistan is looking to buy Russian oil at the same low rate that India is buying at, its finance minister Ishaq Dar said

BrahMos Aerospace, a JV set up by Delhi and Moscow, is in talks with Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia for new orders, having just bagged a $375m export deal with the Philippines

About 500 shipments of Cisco Systems gear arrived in Russia in August, months after the US networking giant halting operations in the country, a leaked Customs document suggests

"It will support our transition to net zero emissions as well as create jobs in green sectors," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said