Japan household consumer confidence index for May 33.6, versus 32.4 expected and 32.2 previously.

Germany’s finance ministry said the plan is a key step toward achieving a Capital Markets Union.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on the 28th (local) it will begin removing remaining spent fuel from the Unit 2 spent fuel pool at Fukushima Daiichi in early next month. The operation is expected to take more than two years and TEPCO said it will proceed cautiously. Units 1–3 suffered core meltdowns after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, producing about 880 tonnes of highly radioactive core debris; removal of that debris is viewed as the biggest challenge in decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi.