Officials expect "significant" economic impact after Hong Kong said it would join mainland China in banning most Japanese seafood from Thursday, when treated water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant will be released into the sea

Putin has sent an emissary — Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — instead, and Kremlin said he would “still play a key role in the main summit meeting”

Markets in Asia rose after a week of declines, with the Hang Seng Index rebounding nearly 1% as beaten down China shares climbed up, while the Nikkei was up by a similar amount

South Korea’s Star Group Industrial and China’s Baotou INST Magnetic will join companies in sectors such as electronics and autos in shifting assembly lines amid backdrop of increasing trade rivalry

The 1-year loan prime rate was lowered by 10 basis points to 3.45%, while the five-year LPR was left at 4.2%, suggesting policymakers fear downward pressure on the yuan and capital flight

Biden's success in bringing old enemies together had created a trilateral mechanism to deal with security threats, expanded military exercises and increased missile cooperation

The drills are a warning to 'separatists', Beijing says. But Taipei says they aim to scare people from voting for Lai in the poll in January

Experts say the data, which masks underlying weakness in the household sector, "doesn't mean a strong recovery in Japanese economy"

Sources say SoftBank Group is in talks with Vision Fund 1 to buy the 25% stake in Arm it does not directly own as it gets ready for the chip designer's Nasdaq IPO

The Bank of Japan has stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy as global central banks have hiked interest rates, making returns in other countries look more attractive

Kim Jong Un also called for an increase in weapons production and a ramping up of military drills to deter the country’s ‘enemies’

The tropical storm saw wind speeds of 126kph, closing schools and bringing travel chaos, after sweeping across southern Japan