Bank of Japan Governor UEDA said the BOJ is, from a risk-management perspective, more attentive than before to both upside and downside risks, with particular focus on upside price risks.

SK Biopharmaceuticals said on the 2nd it will acquire 128 NVIDIA B200 GPUs, AI accelerators to support AI-driven drug discovery and development. The devices will be provisioned via SK Telecom-built domestic data cluster HAEIN under a 17 billion won contract structured as an annual subscription, supplying the company with AI infrastructure. SK Biopharmaceuticals said it will apply AI across stages from candidate discovery to development and open innovation; if fully leveraged, AI could shorten experiments and analysis and accelerate a process that typically takes more than 10 years.

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange said Abu Dhabi National Energy Company shares will be delisted from the exchange effective Sept. 1, 2026.