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The perceived safe-haven yen rose Monday, as investors fretted ahead of this week’s central bank meetings as well as Britain’s June 23 referendum on whether to remain in the European Union.

ANZ bank said that oil was being pulled down by a sharp reduction in risk appetite and a “U.S.-dollar and treasuries rally.”

Large manufacturers said they expect sentiment to rebound in July-September, offering encouragement to policymakers navigating weak exports and lingering concerns about the global economy.

The trouble is that long-term focused foreign funds have turned bearish on doubts that Tokyo can pull Japan out of two decades of economic stagnation.

The free app offers voice calling and text messaging as well as services like games, music streaming and taxi hailing.

The messaging app, whose biggest market is Japan, will likely raise upward of $900 million in its IPO, valuing it at about $5 billion.

Polls seem to suggest the probability of Britain leaving Europe is rising, said Tatsushi Maeno, managing director at PineBridge Investments.

The country's Parliament has passed a law making the denial of Nazi atrocities a crime punishable by a prison sentence.

The latest recall involves defective airbag inflators manufactured by Takata that has affected millions of vehicles around the world.

Japan summoned the Chinese ambassador after a Chinese naval vessel was reported sailing close to contested islands in the East China Sea.

Meanwhile, New Zealand’s currency soared after the nation’s central bank kept interest rates steady — even as some had bet on a cut.

The facility, which would search for minerals and other natural resources, would be located nearly two miles below the surface of the South China Sea.

Osamu Suzuki is set to resign from the post over the Japanese company’s use of improper mileage-testing methods.

Amid tensions in the South China Sea and the continuing fight against ISIS, the U.S. has deployed four aircraft-carrier strike groups.

Tesla, which currently procures its batteries from Japan’s Panasonic Corp, is likely to add Samsung SDI as a supplier should sales exceed expectations, a source told Reuters.

Even though traders speculated that a rate hike in June or July was unlikely, a largely upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy cheered markets.

The move comes after police arrested a U.S. sailor on the island of Okinawa on suspicion of drunk driving following a car crash.

Beijing has reportedly planned an air defense zone over the disputed South China Sea, a move that Taiwanese officials said would usher in a wave of regional tension.

A former World Bank economist held a narrow lead over the daughter of a disgraced ex-president late Sunday.

U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by just 38,000 last month, the smallest increase since September 2010 and well shy of expectations for a rise of 164,000.

Trump says there’s nothing wrong with his temperament and that his success proves that.