Thailand will subsidize diesel prices from its oil fund.

Thailand will not extend diesel excise tax cuts beyond an April 19 deadline.

TSMC (TSM.N) shares rose by more than 4% in night trading in the U.S., and Nasdaq 100 futures expanded their gains to more than 0.5%.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan: The strong performance of the US economy has pushed the dollar higher.

Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi: The U.S. economy performed better than expected.

Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi: Interest rate decisions will depend on economic performance.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Believes that the U.S. Steel (acquisition transaction) procedures were properly implemented.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan: Monetary policy is not intended to respond to the foreign exchange market.

Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi: These factors must be considered when deciding monetary policy.

Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi: Continued yen weakness may have various impacts on wages and prices.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan: The key is for small businesses to pass on cost increases by raising prices.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan: The main scenario expectation is that future interest rate hikes may be slow, but this depends on economic data.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan: Some large companies are benefiting from the weaker yen.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan, said that simply reducing the balance sheet would have little policy significance.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan: The possibility of achieving the 2% inflation target in about two years is increasing.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan: There is still some distance to go before a virtuous cycle is achieved.

Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi: Pay careful attention to the wage-price cycle.

Asahi Noguchi, a board member of the Bank of Japan, said that if higher wages lead to rising prices, cost-driven inflation and policy adjustments will be considered.

Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi: We will observe whether cost-push inflation affects the basic trend.

Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi: Still assessing the impact of cost-push inflation.