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Hong Kong’s national security police detained a prominent pro-democracy activist on Thursday in the first reported arrest under the security law in about 10 months.

Seven & I Holdings Co. dropped the most in 11 months after brokerage CLSA Securities Japan Co. cut its rating on the stock, saying investors may be disappointed with the retailer’s new business plan.

Japan has decided to join an alternative trade-dispute resolution mechanism initiated by the EU, saying the World Trade Organization’s appellate body has “ceased functioning.”

Japan’s parliament gave a green light for veteran economics professor Kazuo Ueda to take the helm of the Bank of Japan next month in the first change of governor in a decade.

The 10-year prison sentence handed down to former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Roger Ng shows the enormous risk he took by going to trial to fight charges that he helped carry out the massive 1MDB fraud.

Japan has not yet made a decision regarding restrictions on exports of chip-making equipment, its trade minister said, underscoring US allies’ attempts to seek a middle ground between Washington and Beijing.

President Joe Biden’s spending blueprint touted his ideas to shrink the budget deficit but couldn’t erase the harsh arithmetic of government debt: It’s going to get worse.

Japan’s households boosted spending by the most in 10 months despite inflation and falling real wages, signaling some resilience in the economy.

Japan Airlines Co. ended a campaign to sell steeply discounted tickets for domestic flights after demand overwhelmed the carrier’s website.

Argentina exchanged a total 4.34 trillion pesos ($21.7 billion) in a local debt swap Thursday, alleviating immediate concerns of a potential local debt default even as the government stockpiled financing problems for the next administration.