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Geithner seeks to reassure on dollar

US Treasury secretary tells reporters in Japan he believes in the need to maintain a strong dollar and that the US is determined to get its budget deficit down

China economic recovery accelerates

China’s economic recovery accelerated in October with industrial output increasing at the fastest rate since March of last year and retail sales also growing strongly

Japan machinery orders surge in September

Core machinery orders grow more than twice as fast as expected, sending shares on the Nikkei 225 up on expectations that company earnings would improve

India ‘alive’ to security challenges

New Delhi has sought to reassure international business leaders that the country’s security challenges would not affect its growth, ahead of the first anniversary of the terror attacks in Mumbai

Japan worried about steep rise in bond yields

Rise could herald a wider shift in market sentiment towards sovereign debt at a time of massive government issuance around the world

Pakistan in Chinese fighter jet deal

China is to sell at least 36 advanced J-10 fighter jets to Pakistan in a landmark defence deal that could be worth as much as $1.4bn and highlights Beijing’s increasing strategic clout in Asia

Okinawa marine base strains US-Japan ties

Fresh from its general election victory in August, Japan’s Democratic party is seeking to reopen discussions on a military relocation deal that is deeply unpopular in Okinawa and which it had long decried in opposition

Interactive graphic: Taliban attacks in Pakistan

Interactive graphic: Chart the most recent attacks by Taliban militants from Peshawar to Lahore and Rawalpindi on an interactive timeline

Japan aid pledge sets positive tone for talks

Japan is to give up to $5bn in aid to Afghanistan over five years, including expanded funding for security services, in a pledge timed to set a positive tone for a first presidential visit to Tokyo this week by Barack Obama

30 dead as Pakistan militants strike again

Pakistan has been hit by a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 30 people and lead security officials to warn that the country’s urban centres are now facing an unprecedented terrorist threat