Singapore stocks rose as much as 1% to an intraday record of 5,807.16 points.

Jiji Press reports BOJ Governor UEDA will speak at the National Securities Conference on Oct. 6.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi said today the budget request for the next fiscal year was published at about 143.1 tln yen. The annual budget, for the first time, embodies the cabinet’s budget-formulation reforms — shifting away from reliance on supplementary budgets and establishing a "Strong and Wealthy Japan" investment framework for crisis-management and growth spending — and positions the next fiscal year as the inaugural year of "responsible proactive fiscal policy."