中国地震台网正式测定：8月11日05时31分，在四川宜宾市高县（北纬28.53度，东经104.66度）发生3.9级地震，震源深度5公里。

Todd Blanche was formally sworn in as U.S. attorney general.

Japanese media report the weaker yen is providing a material tailwind to multinational exporters, prompting a wave of fiscal-year earnings upgrades this reporting season. Despite recent government FX intervention, markets expect the yen to remain under pressure. Export-heavy firms including Toyota Motor, Honda Motor, Sony and Muji parent Ryohin Keikaku have raised profit outlooks. Okasan Securities says that among TOPIX’s roughly 1,600 constituents, since July 1, 159 firms have upgraded fiscal-year forecasts and 12 have cut them; the overall forecast-revision ratio reached 86%, the highest since FY2016.