Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki reiterated the government's readiness on Thursday to take “appropriate action” against excessive currency volatility in the wake of the yen's fall to 32-year lows driven by red-hot US inflation data.

A senior official at the Bank of Thailand (BOT) on Thursday endorsed the minimum wage hike of Bt5-Bt22 per day expected to come into effect on April 1.