Japan will begin providing digital nomad visas on the finish of March, based on The Japan Occasions.
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Asia-Pacific markets plunged Monday forward of U.S. President Donald Trump’s contemporary spherical of tariffs anticipated later within the week.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 3.85%, after having plunged over 4%, whereas the broader Topix index misplaced 3.26%.
Over in South Korea, the Kospi index fell 2.75% whereas the small-cap Kosdaq declined 2.63%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 1.63%.
Mainland China’s CSI 300 misplaced 0.67% whereas Hong Kong’s Dangle Seng Index fell 0.78%.
China’s NBS Manufacturing PMI for March got here in at 50.5, in step with predictions by economists polled by Reuters and barely increased than 50.2 studying within the earlier month.
Indian markets had been closed for a public vacation.
U.S. futures slipped as traders await readability on Trump’s tariff plans.
Shares had offered off sharply final Friday, amid rising uncertainty on U.S. commerce coverage and a bleak inflation outlook.
The Dow Jones Industrial Common closed down 715.80 factors, or 1.69%, at 41,583.90. The S&P 500 shed 1.97% to five,580.94, ending the week down for the fifth time within the final six weeks. The Nasdaq Composite plunged 2.7% to settle at 17,322.99.
Shares of a number of expertise giants dropped, placing stress on the broader market. Google-parent Alphabet misplaced 4.9%, whereas Meta and Amazon every shed 4.3%.
— CNBC’s Pia Singh and Sarah Min contributed to this report.
