We start in Japan, where Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi yesterday picked two dovish academics for roles at the country’s central bank. Here’s what you need to know.

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For more than a decade, China has treated rare earths as instruments of strategic influence. That leverage, however, may now ...

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That may be partly fueled by China’s reopening post-Covid, which included relaxing some visa policies and encouraging more tourism – as well as the great migration of social media users to China’s ...

South Korea's birthrate rose for a second straight year in 2025, government data showed on Wednesday, in a further sign that ...

It has been three years of tormented hope. Global Firepower (GFP), a U.S.-based private military power evaluation platform, ...

December pork exports totaled 257,846 metric tons (mt), down 3.5% from the large volume posted a year ago, but still the third largest of 2025. Export value was $746 million, down 3% but also the ...