Asia
Japan and US put munitions production at the centre of regional deterrence
Shinjiro Koizumi and Pete Hegseth linked industrial capacity to denial-based defence while Tokyo prepares to update its security strategy.
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Asia
Shinjiro Koizumi and Pete Hegseth linked industrial capacity to denial-based defence while Tokyo prepares to update its security strategy.
China
Undersea devices, missile tests, naval drills, cyber activity and technology controls form a widening pattern of pressure as regional states balance cooperation with stronger defenses.
Asia
Retail purchases of US equities reached $4.6 billion in July as the Korean benchmark suffered its worst month since 2008, reversing a government effort to draw household savings back into the domestic market.
Oceania
Australia's benchmark gained 1.40 percent to 9,145.80 as ten of eleven sectors advanced, with technology, healthcare and financial stocks leading a broad risk-on session.