Nikkei reports Nippon Electric president Kishida Mitsuya has decided to resign as CEO after losses in the company's EV e-drive axle business; he is expected to submit his resignation as early as Tuesday.

China's National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said national-alliance continuation procurement for dental implant systems and orthodontic consumables has formally started. The NHSA said it will refine rules from the first round, shifting the competitive-bidding model to open inquiry and using multi-dimensional price comparisons to guide reasonable corporate offers. Participation has risen to 101 firms from 53 and registered device certificates to 660 from 269. The NHSA will next collect hospital procurement volumes and expects to complete this round of continuation procurement by year-end.

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities moved forward its projected BOJ rate-hike dates from Jan 2027 and Jun 2027 to Dec 2026 and Apr 2027. The firm said that as markets increasingly price further Fed hikes, the BOJ may quicken withdrawal of policy support. BOJ July minutes showed one policymaker noting core inflation is nearing 2% and that upside price risks warrant greater attention, saying the pace of tightening could be faster than markets expect.