Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi said that if deflation is defined as a sustained decline in prices, Japan is no longer in deflation because both CPI and the GDP deflator are rising.

Huatai-PineBridge China-Korea Semiconductor ETF will be suspended from market open on July 28, 2026 until 10:30.

Iran’s supreme leader Mujtaba said Tehran’s support for the resistance front is a strategic mission and, citing policy set by the late supreme leader Khamenei, Tehran will defend Lebanon, preserve its territorial integrity and seek the complete, unconditional cessation of Israel’s aggression — which he said remains the primary condition for ending the war — in a reply to HEZBOLLAH leader Naim Qassem.