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Self-exiled Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law declared he had received no help from family members in the city, hours after authorities called them in for questioning.

Sony Group Corp. shares fell as much as 2.7% Wednesday in Tokyo after a US federal judge ruled in favor of Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.

Japan has crowned a new top real estate developer for the first time in 30 years, thanks to a post-Covid tourism boost and work-from-home habits that have altered investors’ views of properties like hotels and offices.

A Chinese startup has beaten Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the race to launch a methane-fueled rocket, boosting the nation’s goal of eventually challenging the US as the dominant power in space.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrived Tuesday in Sun Valley, Idaho, the site of an annual conference that brings together technology and media moguls.

Japan is seeking to invigorate economic growth by encouraging startups, but the relatively paltry tax breaks it offers investors compared with other countries like the US threaten to limit its ambitions.

Taiwan’s exports of integrated circuit chips dropped for a sixth consecutive month in June on slowing global demand.

ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shayne Elliott said he’s seen a “modest” increase in customers reaching out for help, just a sliver of a broader group of people and businesses who are largely adapting well to higher interest rates.

Japan’s plan to release more than 1 million cubic meters — enough to fill 500 Olympic-size swimming pools — of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean as early as this summer has drawn the ire of some of its biggest trading partners.