Asia stock markets trade mixed on Thursday as US stocks struggled for momentum overnight, investors shifted toward safer assets amid disappointing China's PMI data and rising US-China trade tensions.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has described US tariffs as a challenge to countries around the world and expressed his hope for stable relations with Japan.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday raised concerns about escalating tension over a U.S. tariff war and stressed his determination to defend multilateral trade systems.

The Japan May Jibun Bank manufacturing ... safe-haven support from uncertainty about global trade relations and geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East. Higher global bond yields ...

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New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his victory as the start of the country’s return to normalcy, after ...

China will not send its defense minister to this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, shunning a chance to meet his US and Asian ...

The US-China rivalry is becoming the defining geopolitical contest of the 21st century, with Washington and Beijing ...

India has historically struck a balance between joining multilateral export-control regimes and maintaining strategic ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed determination to defend rules-based, free and multilateral trade systems ...

Japanese shipping giant, Nippon Yusen KK, is confident US tariffs won’t hurt its business as much as initially expected, with ...

seeking to improve relations amid tensions between the two European leaders over Ukraine, trade and relations with the United States. Macron is a fervent pro-European who has had a long rapport ...