TrendForce's latest storage spot-price trend report: DRAM — DDR5 demand is especially strong while DDR4 supply is tight and prices remain elevated, prompting some buyers to downgrade to DDR3 and lifting DDR3 prices. NAND — following contract price gains in Q2 2026, spot prices have stabilized, but overall trading activity remains subdued.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular briefing that a draft passed at the LDP general affairs meeting on the 9th calling for revisions to Japan’s three security documents exposes attempts by some forces in Japan to pursue remilitarization. He accused the draft of needlessly smearing China’s routine military activity and deliberately inflating regional tensions to deceive the Japanese public and the international community and to provide a pretext for accelerating remilitarization.

German Chancellor Merz said he hopes to harness Germany's potential in drone technology.