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Japan has reported that its exports fell 0.8% in August from a year earlier, with steep declines in shipments to China and the rest of Asia

By Yuka Obayashi and Emily Chow

record highs on Monday amid cautiousness in global markets. Investors will keep a close eye on US Fed Reserve policy, due later in the evening. «Market is showing strength and is sustaining above 20k levels. Overall, we expect the market to gradually inch upwards with minor profit booking at intervals,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a muted startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded lower by 11 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 20,089, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for muted start on Wednesday.

The Walt Disney Co. is planning to invest approximately $60 billion into its theme parks and cruise lines over the next decade, as the company looks to continue growing one of its more successful business segments

Global shares are mixed in cautious trading ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates later in the week

Asian shares are mostly weaker in cautious trading ahead of the Federal Reserve’s looming decision on interest rates

Reuters reported. The meeting will involve senior officials at the deputy ministerial level from South Korea, Japan, and China.

«We expect the overall positive momentum to continue especially in the large cap while sectoral rotation is likely to be seen in the broader market,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 21 points, or 0.10 per cent, at 20,187.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Monday.

Bleach TYBW part 2, episode 10, the focus shifted to the intense battle between the zombified Toshiro Hitsugaya and Mayuri Kurotsuchi. The 12th Division Captain managed to overcome his opponent and also devised a strategy to counter Giselle's Zombies effectively. Meanwhile, Byakuya Kuchiki faced off against numerous Sternritters, including the formidable Sternritter «L» Pepe Waccabrada. As the episode concluded with Yhwach and his forces reaching the Royal Palace, fans are eagerly anticipating the upcoming Bleach TYBW part 2 episode 11 to uncover the next developments in the story.

By Humeyra Pamuk, Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim Kelly

SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son, whose record on tech investing took a drubbing after flameouts like WeWork and DoorDash Inc. fueled a record $32 billion loss at its Vision Fund arm in the last fiscal year, was determined to turn the tide. So as he and the investment firm’s other top executives met with bankers to plot this week’s initial public offering for Arm Holdings Plc, the focus was making sure the sale would go off without a hitch. They didn’t want any last-minute hiccups with buyers pulling out, they dreaded pushback on the valuation, and, most of all, they wanted to set a price that would almost guarantee the shares would pop on their first day of trading.

«Overall, we expect the market to maintain its positive trend on the back of strong domestic macroeconomic data. However, bouts of volatility cannot be ruled out given mixed global cues,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 12 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 20,229.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Friday.

North Korea has 191 athletes signed up for the Asian Games starting next week, according to organisers, suggesting the country is poised to end its more than three-year isolation from the global sporting arena. North Koreans are listed on the Games' website for accredited media to compete in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in sports including athletics, gymnastics, basketball, football, boxing and weightlifting. North Koreans were similarly down to compete at a weightlifting tournament in Cuba in June, but they failed to show. North Korea closed its already tight borders in early 2020 following the outbreak of the pandemic and skipped the Tokyo Olympics, which were pushed back to 2021 because of Covid. It was then banned by the International Olympic Committee from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for failing to take part in Tokyo. There have been recent signs that the border restrictions have been eased slightly, with a taekwondo team allowed to travel to a competition last month in Kazakhstan. Prior to that, North Korea had not sent any of its domestic athletes to overseas competitions since the pandemic. The sporting action at the Games in Hangzhou starts on September 19, four days before the opening ceremony, with North Korea scheduled to face Taiwan in men's football that day. Leader Kim Jong Un is said to be an avid sports fan and Games hosts China are North Korea's longtime ally and main economic benefactor. North Korea has traditionally been especially strong in weightlifting, dominating the event at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018 with eight golds. Ri Song Gum and Rim Un Sim, who both won gold in the women's weightlifting five years ago, are scheduled to appear in Hangzhou. But North Korea has also been among the

By Kevin Buckland

By Kantaro Komiya

Asian stocks rose on Thursday, as traders figured a small upside surprise for U.S. inflation was unlikely to push up interest rates and turned their focus to a European Central Bank meeting later in the session. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4% in early trade.

«Overall, we would suggest investors to shift their focus from mid and small caps to large caps in the near term, as the risk-reward is favourable over there,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 36 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 20,182, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Thursday.

National Australia Bank will shut down its office in Hong Kong after deciding that Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo are the preferred regional centres to support its institutional banking clients in Asia.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has shuffled his Cabinet and key party posts to strengthen his position before a key party leadership vote next year, bringing in a new defense minister and the country’s first female foreign minister since 2002

The Japanese boys-band production company at the center of an unfolding sexual abuse scandal, Johnny & Associates, has selected three former judges to head its effort to compensate hundreds of victims

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday his new cabinet will take steps so that wage growth consistently exceeds the rate of inflation «by several percentage points».