Japan

Shares of Bookoff Group Holdings, a chain of second-hand Japanese bookstores, tumbled 10% after discovering fictitious purchases by employees.

An interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers star has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges including filing a false tax return after secretly transferring about $17 million from the player's account to pay off gambling debt.

The U.S. agreed to boost cooperation with Japan on critical mineral supply chains and to expand access to tax breaks.

Japan's financial regulator proposed easing corporate tax rules for crypto assets and lighter levies for stock investors to reinvigorate the economy.