Japanese and Korean stock market futures rebound significantly.

After experiencing sharp declines yesterday, the Japanese and Korean stock markets saw futures indexes rise before the opening. Japanese Nikkei 225 index futures rose 3.8% in early trading. South Korean Kospi index futures rose about 8%, indicating a rebound after the index suffered its worst drop in history in the previous trading day. Samsung and SK Hynix both rose 5% in pre-market trading, after suffering heavy losses before.