US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stepped up his increasingly public pressure on Japan to raise interest rates as the yen continued to weaken and the nation’s 10-year bond yield touched 3% for the first time since 1996.

SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are set to test investor appetite for memory chips as South Korea’s stock market — now a bellwether for global AI sentiment — grapples with violent swings driven by leveraged chip bets.

Apple Inc. raised the prices of iPhones and some other products in Japan as the local currency continues to hover near its lowest level in four decades.

The prices of a total of 2,566 food and beverage items in Japan will be subject to increases in July, the most since April, according to a regular survey by Teikoku Databank.

Strong credit growth helped keep fourth-quarter numbers healthy at Indian banks, numbers from HDFC Bank Ltd. and ICICI Bank Ltd. showed on Saturday, though the latter reported a treasury loss linked to the central bank’s rupee derivatives curbs.

Japan said it seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested its captain after the ship entered the nation’s exclusive economic zone and sought to avoid inspection, adding a fresh complication to strained ties between the two Asian giants.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning of heavy snow in some parts of the country through Sunday, particularly on the Sea of Japan coast, with as much as 100 cm (40 inches) expected in the Hokuriku region in the 24 hours to 6 a.m. Friday.