TOKYO -- Following two years shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic, Asia's markets this year faced an unprecedented landscape dominated by historic inflation and central banks' monetary tightening.

The region's best-known high-tech sector stocks faced significant downturns due to tighter monetary policies and projected economic slowdown. (Nikkei montage/AP/Koji Uema)
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