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Oct 13, 2022

Asian stocks fall ahead of US inflation update

Asian stock markets have fallen ahead of the release of U.S. consumer price data that investors worry will show inflation still is hot, reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s plans for more aggressive interest rate hikes

Oct 13, 2022

China's Xi gets chance to tighten hold on economy at meeting

President Xi Jinping, China’s most influential figure in decades, gets a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development at a meeting of the ruling Communist Party that starts this weekend

Oct 12, 2022

Japan space agency rocket carrying 8 satellites fails

The Japanese space agency says a rocket carrying eight satellites failed just after liftoff and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket launch in nearly 20 years

Oct 11, 2022

Japanese automaker Nissan says it is pulling out of Russia

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. says it plans to sell its Russian operations to its local partner and end manufacturing there

Oct 11, 2022

Tourists flock to Japan after COVID restrictions lifted

Eager to admire colorful foliage, eat sushi and go shopping, droves of tourists from abroad have started arriving in Japan

Oct 7, 2022

Asian stock markets fall ahead of US employment update

Asian shares have followed Wall Street lower ahead of U.S. jobs data that investors hope will persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes

Oct 6, 2022

Asian stocks mixed on strong US hiring, OPEC oil output cuts

Asian stocks are mixed after strong U.S. hiring dampened hopes the Federal Reserve might ease off plans for interest rate hikes and the OPEC oil production cartel agreed to shore up prices by cutting output

Oct 4, 2022

Publishing executive charged in Tokyo Olympic bribes scandal

A top executive at a major Japanese publisher has been charged with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member

Oct 1, 2022

Hong Kong leader promises revival on China's National Day

Hong Kong’s leader has promised to revive its struggling economy following a campaign to crush a pro-democracy movement

Oct 1, 2022

Japanese wrestler and politician Antonio Inoki dies at 79

Popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died