據日本放送協會：日本首相高市早苗計劃於下週後半段時間前往歐洲，參加在法國舉行的G7峯會。

UEDA, governor of the Bank of Japan, said when asked about a possible June rate hike that if the bank judges inflation risks to outweigh economic downside risks it will consider the merits and drawbacks of raising rates.

A Tencent source said the launch timing for a WeChat AI agent is uncertain and will depend largely on the pace of regulators' approval. With WeChat's roughly 1.4 billion users, the compliance review could be more stringent than for other products. Tencent had no comment. Media reports that the project is an internal top-priority, highly classified initiative in preparation since at least 1H 2025 were confirmed by a Tencent source.