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The Japanese yen strengthened this week as government officials signaled a push for domestic institutional investors, including the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), to increase their allocation toward Japanese assets. …

Asia’s Strategic Pivot: Balancing Economic Integration Amid Global Fragmentation Asian policymakers and business leaders are increasingly adopting a pragmatic “minilateral” approach to maintain economic growth as global trade fragmentation intensifies. …

China Tightens Control Over AI Models as Tech Giants Halt Overseas Features China is reportedly considering restrictions on overseas access to its leading artificial intelligence (AI) models, according to multiple …

Japan’s real wages rose for a fifth consecutive month in May, though the pace of growth slowed as persistent inflation offset nominal pay gains. While nominal wages have maintained a …

Unregulated Drone Activity and Beijing’s Tightening Low-Altitude Airspace Controls Recent reports of unauthorized aerial incidents in Beijing have accelerated the Chinese government’s push to formalize low-altitude airspace management. While rumors …

China’s residential real estate market continues to face significant downward pressure, with resale home prices in major cities falling at an accelerated pace throughout mid-2024. According to data from the …

PBOC Debuts Overnight Reverse Repo Rate at 1.25% to Fine-Tune Liquidity The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) launched a new overnight reverse repo facility with an initial rate of 1.25%, …

Japan’s government has unveiled a new medium-term economic blueprint aiming to more than double the nation’s real economic growth rate to over 1%. The plan, released in late 2024, seeks …

Rising Energy Costs Drive Solar Adoption Across Southeast Asia The Philippines and Thailand are experiencing a significant surge in rooftop solar installations as households and businesses seek to mitigate the …

China to Increase Refined Fuel Export Quotas for State-Owned Refiners in July China will raise the refined fuel export quota for its state-owned refiners in July, according to three industry …