Yen weakens to 157 against dollar, touching 3-week low
TOKYO -- The yen weakened past 157 yen to the dollar on Thursday, reaching a three-week low after a U.S. purchasing managers index showed accelerated business activity.
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Thai court accepts complaint seeking Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s removal over minister’s appointment
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Thursday accepted a complaint seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office for giving a ministerial position to a former lawyer with a criminal conviction.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says can't rule out 'hard landing' for the U.S., stagflation will be 'worst outcome'
JPMorgan Chase's chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon says a "hard landing" for the U.S. cannot be ruled out.
JPMorgan says China can't be ignored: 'you have to do business there'
China is too big to be sidelined, and investors "have to do business there," JPMorgan Asia Pacific CEO Sjoerd Leenart said Thursday, adding that the country had emerged as the second world power.
How is the violent unrest in New Caledonia impacting global nickel prices?
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Global nickel prices have soared since deadly violence erupted in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia last week.
Taiwan's economy should be Lai's first priority
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Japan top currency diplomat calls for stepping up structural reforms
TOKYO -- Japan needs to take action to make its economy more internationally competitive, Masato Kanda, the country's chief currency diplomat, told Nikkei, urging reform to tackle structural issues.
India's central bank approves highest-ever dividend to the government
The board of India's central bank approved a record surplus transfer of 2.11 trillion rupees ($25.35 billion) to the government for the fiscal year ended March, sharply above analysts' and government projections.