Bloomberg Japan’s manufacturing sector lost steam in July as demand for exports weakened. The Nikkei Japan Purchasing Managers Index for manufacturers for July showed a preliminary reading of 51.6, the lowest since November 2016, and down from 53.0 in June. Output came in at 52.4, down from 53.6, and the index for stocks of finished goods fell. A reading above ...

Bloomberg When South Korean President Moon Jae-in was greeted with four deep bows from de facto Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong earlier this month in India, the footage quickly went viral back home. The overseas encounter between two of South Korea’s most powerful men — their first since Moon’s election on an anti-establishment platform last year — struck a chord. ...

The prospect that the UK would leave the European Union without a deal setting out the terms of the withdrawal once seemed laughably remote. When it was mentioned at all, it was mainly as a negotiating tactic aimed at securing favorable trade and tariff agreements between the UK and the EU. Even when Prime Minister Theresa May uttered the mantra ...