The brief
- Japan’s Nikkei rose 1.0%, as chip-share gains offset losses in financial stocks
- EXCLUSIVE: Japan top FX diplomat urges markets to heed 'very clear' warning on yen
- Japan’s two-year government bond yield nears 2% amid BOJ rate-hike bets
- Bank of Japan debated need for faster rate hikes, July minutes show
- Yen gains after Japan’s finance minister signals readiness for bold action
- Japan’s falling bond prices stall repatriation rush