Japan’s newest prime minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to prioritise efforts to provide domestic economic support and control COVID-19 transmission, after having succeeded Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Japanese Prime Minister in history, last Monday. 

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank will sell all shares in its semiconductor subsidiary Arm Limited to NVIDIA in a USD 40 billion agreement.

Australian will provide businesses with AUD 50 million (USD 36 million) in grants to kickstart the business events sector, which normally generates AUD 36 billion (USD 26 billion) in income annually.