Japan Q2 GDP private consumption, final (QoQ): 0.0%; est 0.0%; prior 0.0%.

At its H1 2026 earnings briefing, independent director Chen Wuchao said global DRAM demand and prices rose in H1 2026. ChangXin Memory Technologies said it remains in a key phase of capacity expansion and technology upgrades and must secure necessary capex; as profitability strengthens, the company will, in compliance with regulations, initiate evaluation of a dividend plan at an appropriate time.

US Middle East envoy Witkoff said that, at President Trump's instruction, US negotiators visited Moscow and Kyiv to advance dialogue aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war. In Kyiv the delegation met national security advisers from the UK, Germany and France to coordinate follow-up; parties reported substantive progress, including on arrangements for trilateral follow-up talks.