On a year-on-year basis, Japan's economy grew 1.2% in the fourth quarter, compared with the 0.6% rise in the third quarter.
The meeting sends a "very clear signal of top-level support" to entrepreneurs, Peiqian Liu, Asia economist at Fidelity International, told CNBC.
For the fourth quarter, Singapore's GDP grew 5% year on year, higher than the 4.7% forecast by a Reuters poll.
Trump said he would begin talks with India on disparities on trade and hoped to reach an agreement.
Lawrence Wong, who took the helm from Lee Hsien Loong, will deliver the budget on Feb. 18. The country is due for a general election by November.
U.S. investors and large pharmaceutical companies are increasingly doing deals in China as the country's biopharma sector transforms.
The companies first announced merger talks last December to create the world's third-largest automaker by vehicle sales.
This could clear the way for another rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India, which slashed rates from 6.5% to 6.25% after its monetary policy meeting on Feb. 7.
"We play by the rules. If there is an international sanction, which is anchored, we would not want to go around it," the oil minister told CNBC.