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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that the currency interventions Tokyo conducted last year had certain effects and that he would not rule out any options if cu...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is exploring legal options against China accusing it of destruction of coral reefs within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China...

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor wafer maker AXT Inc said its Chinese subsidiary Beijing Tongmei had received initial export permits for shipping gallium arsenide and germanium substrates - comp...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Friday said it has asked the United States to resolve uncertainties regarding U.S. export controls in the chip sector and subsidies for chip investment. Industry Minis...

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday as concerns that a Russian ban on fuel exports could tighten global oil supply outweighed fears that further possible U.S. interest rate hi...

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen was held at the mercy of soaring U.S. Treasury yields on Friday ahead of a closely watched rate decision by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), while the dollar stood nea...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity contracted for the fourth straight month and the service sector growth slipped to an eight-month low, a survey showed on Friday, highlighting the challenges ...

By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core inflation was steady in August and stayed above the central bank's 2% target for a 17th straight month, data showed on Friday, a s...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian union has agreed to accept proposals from the country's industrial arbitrator to end disputes at Chevron's two local liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, and will lik...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Euro zone companies are finally absorbing wage pressures and the labour market has started to soften, European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane said on Thursday, suggestin...