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Japanese chip concept stocks rose, with Kioxia shares rising 8.5%, Rohm Semiconductor rising 4.3%, and SoftBank Group rising 3.4%.

White House: US President Trump will attend the handover ceremony at Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened on July 22 (Wednesday) up 18.70 points, or 0.21%, to 8812.00 points.

Court documents show that the U.S. Department of Justice proposes that the Maduro case be heard in June 2027.

NI225 rose by 1.00% within the day.

NI225 opened on July 22 (Wednesday) with an increase of 253.91 points, or 0.38%, to 66486.10 points.

According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency: Huge explosions were heard in parts of Bushehr; preliminary assessments showed that the United States attacked two locations.

Japan's seasonally adjusted merchandise trade account in June was -881.932 billion yen, expected to be -502.1 billion yen, and the previous value was -90.4 billion yen.

Japan's Ministry of Finance: Japan's thermal coal imports in June rose 18.5% year-on-year to 7.148 million tons.

Japan's Ministry of Finance: Japan's preliminary crude oil imports in June fell by 13.7% year-on-year. Japan's LNG imports in June increased by 6.2% year-on-year to 4.718 million tons.

Japan's Ministry of Finance: Japan's exports to the United States in June increased by 13% year-on-year, exports to the EU increased by 20.3% year-on-year, and exports to Asia increased by 22.7% year-on-year.

Japan's non-seasonally adjusted merchandise trade balance in June was -406.9 billion yen, expected -120 billion yen, and the previous value was revised from -378.6 billion yen to -391.8 billion yen.

Japan's annual merchandise export rate in June was 19.3%, which was expected to be 18.6%. The previous value was revised from 17.00% to 16.80%.

Japan's annual merchandise import rate in June was 25.4%, expected to be 21%, and the previous value was 12.50%.

Hynix said it currently has no plans to acquire Intel's Ohio chip factory.

According to US financial media Semafor, sources familiar with the matter revealed that Intel and SK Hynix have not entered into any deal negotiations regarding Intel's wafer fab in Ohio. Intel issued a statement saying, "As is customary, we do not comment on media speculation regarding future business agreements. However, Intel remains committed to its development in Ohio and will continue to invest to accelerate production preparations at the site."

Market news: British Prime Minister Burnham will announce that from January next year, bus fares across England will be capped at £2.

U.S. President Trump: In two years, the (generic drug) tariffs will first be raised to 100% for one year, and then to 200%.

Trump: Starting from August 1, 2026, all generic drugs imported into the United States will continue to maintain zero tariffs for two years.

Australian rare earth company Lynas: Total production in the fourth fiscal quarter was 3,481 tons, and sales revenue was A$288.9 million.