Government's optimism that the economy is nearing an end to a period of prolonged stagnation echoes views from the Bank of Japan, which has said corporate price- and wage-setting behaviour is changing

The cause of the malfunction was not clear, but it comes amid an alert over harassing phone calls, likely from China, related to Japan's release of treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear plant

Impacts felt by currencies such as the Aussie dollar, and across many sectors such as New Zealand dairy products, shares of luxury goods, to miner BHP and the Las Vegas Sands casino firm

Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumped by over 2%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and South Korea’s KOSPI were down 2% and 0.7%, amid fears of more hawkish signals from the Fed later today

Asian markets surge, with Hang Seng climbing 2% and the Nikkei rising by 0.9%, while investors wait for Fed chief's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday

Shanghai blue chips saw another fall, but the Nikkei, Hang Seng and other key regional indexes all saw gains on Wednesday

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