Chinese concept stocks in the night session collectively rose, with Kingsoft Cloud up over 8%.

Citi: Maintains the expectation that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates by 25 basis points at this week's meeting, and subsequently expects further rate hikes in June and December. If the Bank of Japan does not raise rates this week, it may be delayed until March.

The Singapore dollar rose 0.46% against the US dollar, reaching 1.349, the highest level since mid-December of last year.