According to market news, Johnson failed to win enough votes in the first round of voting to win the US House of Representatives Speaker election, and will proceed to the second round of voting.
The Korean won's decline against the dollar narrowed to 1%, and it once recovered the 1,420 won mark, which means that the overall "lost ground" in the day has recovered more than half.
The Nikkei 225 index rose 8% to 34,000 points in early trading, recovering most of yesterday's losses.