The main coking coal contract rose 4.00% during the day and is currently trading at 1,930.50 yuan/ton.

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasunoshi Nishimura: Aims to strengthen supply chain links with Canada.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hiroshi: We will ensure that Japan has a stable supply of energy and take appropriate measures.

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasunomi Nishimura: Will visit Canada from September 20th to 23rd.

Reserve Bank of Australia meeting minutes: Mortgage payments rose to a record high of 9.7% of household income in July and are expected to rise further.

RBA meeting minutes: Fuel prices rose sharply in August, likely to increase overall inflation in the third quarter.

Minutes of the RBA meeting: Concerns about productivity growth not being as expected and service sector inflation still continuing to rise.

RBA meeting minutes: Policy moves will be guided by incoming data and risk assessments.

RBA meeting minutes: Members recognized the need to allow more time to observe the full impact of past tightening policies on the economy.

RBA meeting minutes: The case for keeping interest rates unchanged is stronger and recent data have not materially changed the economic outlook.

RBA meeting minutes: If inflation proves to be more persistent than expected, further tightening of policy may be needed.

RBA meeting minutes: The economy still appears to be on a narrow path, with inflation returning to target and employment growing.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed security cooperation with his Japanese counterpart.

[Gurman predicts Apple’s plans for next year: iPhone will expand screen size and join the AI race] Mark Gurman recently said that Apple has formulated more massive product changes for 2024. Apple is expected to launch the "X" series of products, redesign the Apple Watch, and develop an AI-based health guidance service. Apple will upgrade the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro with new OLED panels, update MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and other Mac devices, upgrade the M3 series of chips, which is its first 3nm chip; plans to expand iPhone Pro models next year screen size, and will enter the generative AI race in 2024. Apple is developing an internal tool called "Apple GPT", a large language model called Ajax.

Market news: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken met with the Iraqi Prime Minister in New York on September 18 to discuss the commitment to strengthen U.S.-Iraq cooperation.

SoftBank Group: For the six-month period ending September 30, 2023, it will receive a capital surplus of US$5.12 billion from the listing of Arm.

The 10-year Japanese government bond yield rose 1.5 basis points to 0.720%.

According to RIA Novosti: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that the safety situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Ukraine has improved.