* Dollar, A$ insurance big hit due to low domestic interest rates
TOKYO Japan's craze for overseas insurance products, driven by a need for better yield than the near-zero ones at home, has been a long-standing headwind for the yen as domestic insurers bought foreign bonds.
TOKYO, Aug 9 Japanese government bond prices gained sharply on Friday, with yields hitting three-year lows, on broad concerns about the U.S.-China trade war, even as the Bank of Japan cut its purchase of long-dated bonds to deter excessive falls in yields.
TOKYO/HONG KONG, Aug 7 Shares in Asia fell for an eighth straight session on Wednesday on lingering worries over the escalating U.S.-China trade war, but losses and nerves were soothed somewhat by White House assurances that it wants to press ahead with negotiations.
* Asian stocks on course to post first gains in nine sessions
TOKYO, Aug 6 Japanese shares plummeted on Tuesday to their lowest since early January, spooked by the spectre of a full-blown economic war between the United States and China after Washington designated China a currency manipulator.
TOKYO, Aug 5 China's yuan tumbled more than 1% to 11-year lows on Monday amid mounting fears over a sharp escalation in the U.S.-China trade war, sparking a sell-off in other currencies in the region.
TOKYO, Aug 5 Japanese government bond yields slid on Monday as a sharp fall in the Chinese yuan heightened worries about the fallout from the China-U.S. trade war and triggered a stampede into the safety of bonds.
TOKYO, Aug 5 China's yuan tumbled more than 1% on Monday to 11-year lows on mounting fears over a sharp escalation in the U.S.-China trade war, sparking a sell-off in other currencies in the region.
TOKYO, Aug 5 The offshore Chinese yuan fell to its weakest level on record on Monday while the Australian dollar flirted with this year's lows on concerns over a sharp escalation in the Sino-U.S. trade war.
Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb on Saturday after activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention had fuelled tensions.