Japan Meteorological Agency: No El Nino or La Nina phenomena observed.

Market news: Thailand’s dissolved opposition “Forward Party” has established a new party called “People’s Party”.

The Nikkei 225 index gave up gains and was last down 0.17%.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Decided to cancel visits to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia following a major earthquake alert.

Market news: Israel will send a negotiating delegation on August 15 to discuss the framework agreement.

The Nikkei 225 index closed up 1.6% at 35,380.23 in early trading, while the Topix index rose 1.5% to 2,498.35.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make a decision after assessing the domestic situation.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will decide whether to visit Central Asia.

The Philippine stock index rose 1.1% to 6,618.35 points.

British maritime security company Ambrey: The merchant ship that was attacked said no casualties or physical damage were reported.

British maritime security company Ambrey: A merchant ship was attacked by a drone approximately 58 nautical miles southwest of Hodeidah, Yemen.

The main soybean oil contract touched 7,500 yuan/ton, up 0.27% on the day.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 1% to 174.58 points.

Petrobras revised its 2024 capital expenditure forecast to $13.5 billion to $14.5 billion, saying it would not affect the oil and gas production curve.

JPMorgan Asset Management expects the Bank of Japan to avoid raising interest rates again in the short term.

Tokyo Electron shares surged 10% after it raised its annual earnings guidance.

Google (GOOG.O) has successfully fixed a Gmail service degradation issue.

Nikon fell more than 10% after its first-quarter operating profit fell short of expectations.

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin said he spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Galant.

Venezuelan President Maduro said that social media platform X will be blocked nationwide for 10 days.