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Bank of Japan December quarter survey: 86.0% of Japanese households expect prices to rise in one year, compared with 88.0% in the previous survey. 83.0% of Japanese households expect prices to rise in five years, higher than the 84.8% in the previous survey. Japanese households expect inflation to rise by an average of 11.6% a year from now, with a median of 10.0%. Japanese households expect inflation to rise by an average of 9.8% in five years' time, with a median of 5.0%.

India's NIFTY IT index fell 1%.

US President Trump: Building a "New York Stock Exchange" in Dallas would be incredibly bad for New York.

According to Japan Broadcasting Association NHK: Tokyo Electric Power Company will postpone the restart of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

German Bund futures rose to their highest level since December, last rising 25 basis points at 128.39.

Japan’s 30-year government bond yield rose 10 basis points to 3.580%, a record high.

Japan's 30-year government bond yield rose 10 basis points to 3.580%.

Japanese Prime Minister's Office: Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will hold a press conference at 6 pm local time today.

Hong Kong stocks opened lower and moved lower, with the Hang Seng Index falling 1% and the Hang Seng Technology Index falling 0.78%.

Japan's 20-year government bond yield rose 9.5 basis points to 3.250%, a record high.

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party official Nishida: Japan can reduce food consumption tax rates through effective use of government funds.

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party official Nishida: If we can find a permanent source of revenue through the establishment of Japan's sovereign wealth fund, etc., we can permanently abolish the food sales tax.

Hong Kong AI application stocks opened lower, with MINIMAX-WP (00100.HK) falling 5.2%, Mobvista Technology (01860.HK) falling 3.9%, JD Health (06618.HK) falling nearly 3%, and Bilibili (09626.HK) falling 2.7%.

Japan's Topix fell 1% to 3,621.77.

Japan’s centrist reform alliance policy platform: It will be committed to achieving sustained wage growth and achieving fair distribution of the fruits of economic growth.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange: The list of securities underlying Hong Kong Stock Connect has been adjusted to include Nanhua Futures, effective from January 19.

U.S. natural gas futures once soared more than 14% in early trading, but the increase has now narrowed to 11%.

The UK's Rightmove average house asking price index increased at an annual rate of 0.5% in January, compared with the previous value of -0.60%.

The Rightmove average asking price index in the UK in January was 2.8% on a monthly basis, compared with -1.80% in the previous month.

Australia's December TD-MI inflation index annual rate was 3.5%, the previous value was 3.20%.