Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara declined to comment when asked about reports that Prime Minister Takaichi asked BOJ Governor Ueda to buy JGBs.

Novo Nordisk (NVO.N): Second-quarter operating profit was negatively impacted by the reversal of the U.S. 340B rebate provision.

Key News 1. The People's Bank of China will conduct 500 billion yuan of outright reverse repurchase operations today. 2. The State Administration for Market Regulation: Will conduct key spot checks on regions with numerous complaints from enterprises regarding inappropriate interference in market competition and issues of fair competition. 3. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Standardize human-computer interaction and user notification requirements; L3-level autonomous driving systems should also have driver takeover monitoring capabilities. 4. The US plans to ban imports of new Chinese data center equipment; the Chinese Embassy urges the US to stop smearing Chinese companies and threatening sanctions. Individual Stock News 1. Bee Assistant: Its wholly-owned subsidiary signed a 3.062 billion yuan computing power server procurement agreement and a 4.608 billion yuan computing power service contract. 2. Xiechuang Data: Plans to use no more than 7 billion yuan of its own funds for entrusted wealth management; downstream customer payments and prepayments have increased significantly. 3. GRINM Advanced Materials: First-half net profit attributable to shareholders increased by 40.89% year-on-year; plans a dividend of 0.43 yuan per 10 shares. 4. Chuanzhi Education (7 consecutive daily limit-up): Stock trading experienced abnormal fluctuations; expected to return to profitability in the first half of the year. 5. Wanhua Chemical: The 1.1 million tons/year MDI unit in its Yantai Industrial Park will be shut down for maintenance. 6. Jiangnan New Materials: Plans to raise no more than 1.6 billion yuan through a private placement for high-purity electronic-grade copper oxide powder and liquid cooling heat dissipation module projects. 7. Yingfeng Environment: Revenue from unmanned sanitation robots, unmanned sanitation vehicles, and nuclear-grade air valves accounts for a small proportion of the company's overall revenue. 8. Lianchuang Optoelectronics: The company and its actual controller, Wu Rui, are suspected of failing to disclose non-operating fund transactions as required and are under investigation by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). 9. Delong Huineng (3 consecutive daily limit-up): The controlling shareholder and actual controller have no plans to inject their assets into the company and have no semiconductor business.