South Korean financial regulators are preparing measures to revise rules on single-stock leveraged ETFs.

Japan plans to procure 27,500 NVIDIA (NVDA.O) next‑generation Rubin chips to develop a domestic foundational robot AI model. Newly formed Noetra has been allocated JPY 387.3 bln in government funding to run the project and build a large data centre. Noetra aims to release its first AI model by March next year and to iterate continuously, with a long‑term goal of launching robot‑specific models over the coming years. The programme is part of Tokyo’s push to reduce reliance on foreign technology and strengthen national security; the government targets capturing over 30% of a JPY 60 tln global robot market by 2040.

據歐洲與地中海地震中心測定，當地時間7月16日10時57分，斐濟蘇瓦東南偏南962公里處海域發生5.8級地震，震源深度340公里，震中位於南緯26.366度，西經178.694度。