Japan's minister of economic and fiscal policy Kiuchi said the authorities' cautious stance on tackling deflation remains unchanged and they will carefully assess the supply-demand gap.

On Nov 1 local time, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he will receive formal election results from the Central Elections Committee on Nov 4 and will open consultations at the presidential residence. Addressing the coalition-formation deadlock, Herzog urged party leaders to accept the election outcome, remain open to compromise and seek creative solutions to avoid another national election.

據產經新聞：根據日本防衛省估算，防衛預算將在5年內達到80萬億日元，爲當前計劃的1.8倍。