prime minister shinzo abe and south korean president moon jae—in, they will be meeting in beijing and chengdu this christmas week but historical tensions over issues dating back to the second world war have repeatedly prevented any major breakthroughs on the economic and political fronts, any major breakthroughs on the economic and politicalfronts, but from the‘s trade war with china may have changed the dynamics. —— president trump's. the rest of the week... later today japan's central bank releases the details of its monetary policy decision from november. then on tuesday, christmas eve, the bank of korea's financial stability board will have its meeting and then christmas day is not a public holiday injapan or china, with the bank of japan's governor speaking at an event. on thursday, japan reports its retail sales for the month of november and this is important because this is the data that could see the impact from the governor raising the country's sales tax from 8—10% in october —— government. to the philippines, where president duterte has recently banned vaping in public