Samsung insiders say his quiet manner disguises a steely determination that Lee will need if he is to grow Samsung amid mounting business headwinds amid a sharp downturn in global tech demand

The world's second-largest memory chipmaker, said its 2023 investment would be cut by more than half, and warned of uncertainty on its operations in Wuxi, China after US export curbs

Over the past week Japanese officials have spent close to $62 billion propping up the yen against the soaring dollar

China exported 10.56 million masks to North Korea in September, up from just 210 in August, and 40,000 pairs of rubber gloves

The dollar weathered more suspected intervention to stabilise the yen on Monday, and even though officials are spending billions to defend the currency the BoJ is tipped to stick with its low rate policy

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"

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