Visiting Japanese lawmakers met today with the deputy head of the Central Committee's International Liaison Department, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, adding that relevant Chinese departments will release details in due course. Lin said China-Japan relations face serious difficulties, blaming Japanese government statements and actions on Taiwan and military security, and urged Japan to heed moderate domestic voices, reflect and correct, and abide by the four political documents to res

The Wall Street Journal reports Google plans in early September to move about a 90-person AI responsibility team from DeepMind into its Global Affairs division, which handles lobbying and public policy. The shift is part of further integrating DeepMind into Google; HR and policy units will also transfer. The AI responsibility team tests models for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks and studies user‑AI interactions and chatbot psychological effects. Some employees say moving the team could increase distance from the Gemini development group and weaken independent research and detection of frontier model risks. Google says the team will retain DeepMind access, compute and personnel resources, and that other teams responsible for model behavior, privacy and security will remain at DeepMind. The move occurs amid ongoing turnover in DeepMind management and staff.

The Reserve Bank of India has moved to more sustained FX intervention over the past month to support the rupee, sources said, after measures launched in June to attract dollar funds brought roughly $73bn of inflows. In one action, when the rupee neared record lows the central bank used about $7bn in domestic and offshore markets in a single day. Reserves are now above $700bn, giving the RBI more room to offset oil-price pressure, but investors remain unconvinced the rupee is undervalued, leaving doubt whether larger interventions will be sufficient. BNP Paribas SA strategist Chandresh Jain said the RBI’s primary aim is to curb volatility and the speed of two-way moves rather than to fundamentally alter the exchange rate trend.