Shinichi Uchida, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan: Real interest rates are still very low and will support the economy.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 2% to 175.06 points.

According to RIA Novosti: Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 drones launched by Ukraine in Kursk and three other Russian regions.

Market news: India is considering cutting the weight of food in its consumer price index by up to 8 percentage points.

According to media reports, Vietnam is considering reducing corporate income tax from 20% to 15%-17%.

At the midday opening, the Nikkei 225 index rose 2% to 35,368.11 points; the Topix index rose 3% to 2,506.58 points.

At the close of morning trading, the Nikkei 225 index rose 2.3% to 35,464.61 points, and the Topix index rose 3.3% to 2,514.52 points.

Nasdaq futures extended gains to 0.8%.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: The government policy has not changed and will continue to promote the shift of funds from savings to investment.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: We will do our best to manage economic and fiscal policies while cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: I will not comment on daily stock trends.

The Topix index extended its gains to 3.9%.

The three major U.S. stock index futures extended their gains, with Nasdaq futures up 0.5%, S&P 500 futures up 0.24% and Dow futures up 0.32%.

Shinichi Uchida, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan: Short-term interest rates have a greater impact on stimulating the economy than long-term interest rates.

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida: Our planned reduction in bond purchases may not result in significant changes in the degree of monetary policy easing.

Shinichi Uchida, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan: The large-scale monetary easing policy over the past 10 years has indeed caused various side effects.