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By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely grew at a slower pace than previously expected last quarter and faces ongoing risks from soaring raw material prices and coronavirus-linked ...

By Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is taking steps to restart by mid-November a program begun under his predecessor Donald Trump that forced asylum seekers to wait in M...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Any digital currency the Bank of Japan issues should have a simple design that private firms can use to develop financial and payment services for customers, a senior central bank of...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to allow the first U.S. bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund to begin trading next week, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing p...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's trade surplus narrowed in September, albeit less than expected, to $4.37 billion, as export and import growth came in below market estimates, data from the country's st...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday the government will scrutinise the fallout from recent yen declines, which he described as having both p...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed on Friday, heading for gains of more than 2% for the week, on increasing signs of tight supply over the next few months as rocketing gas and coa...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central governor on Friday said it may be possible for the Bank of Korea to raise base interest rates at its next review on Nov. 25. "According to our own projections o...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - From ashes to art. Brazilian artist Mundano has used ash from the burned Amazon rainforest to create a street mural in Sao Paulo of a firefighter standing amid deforestation, fir...

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares advanced on Friday, warmed by the embers of a strong day on Wall Street which also supported risk-friendly currencies and hurt the safe-haven yen, thoug...