U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said writing "buy yen" in a notebook was intended to ensure reporters could see it.

Data from the Guangzhou Association of Real Estate Agencies show extreme weather that hindered viewings left July online-signed contracts for Guangzhou second‑hand residential properties down 0.94% MoM to 8,658 units and transaction area down 3.42% MoM to 858,500 sqm. YoY declines were 7.10% in units and 7.23% in area. Jan–Jul cumulative online-signed second‑hand contracts totaled 62,016 units and 6,207,200 sqm.

SoftBank Group reported Q1 revenue of 1.81 trillion yen and net income of 155.07 billion yen.