Japan +0.92%. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss economic developments but the talks did not involve the yen’s volatility.

China +0.37%. Mainland stock struggling for clear direction as economic uncertainties in China continued to weigh on sentiment.

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