Market news: All Nippon Airways (ANA) will suspend its cargo contract with United Airlines starting this Saturday.

British Ministry of Defense: Up to hundreds of armed personnel formerly associated with the Wagner Group private military company may have begun redeploying to Ukraine in recent weeks, both individually and in small groups, to fight for various pro-Russian units.

The Nikkei 225 index erased earlier losses of up to 0.5%.

USD/JPY fell more than 10 points in the short term to 149.20.

According to the Kyiv Independent: A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense officially confirmed that English courses will be offered as part of a program to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets. A possible U.S. government shutdown on October 1 could have an impact on language training for Ukrainian pilots.

Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Yoshitaka Shindo: Japan’s economy is no longer in a deflationary state.

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japan’s Minister of Economic Revitalization: Japan is steadily moving towards its fiscal reform goals.

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japan’s Minister of Economic Revitalization: The efforts of the Bank of Japan and the government will help achieve a non-deflationary state.

According to Handelsblatt: Volkswagen will produce the "Trinity" electric car at its Zwickau plant in Germany.

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japan’s Minister of Economic Revitalization: The government and the Bank of Japan are taking necessary measures in accordance with the 2013 joint statement.

According to Ukrainian Pravda: On the morning of September 29, the Russian army launched a missile towards Nikolayev in Ukraine, hitting an infrastructure on the outskirts of the city.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: Hungary achieved economic growth in the third quarter.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: The Hungarian central bank lacks sufficient tools to reduce the consumer price index (CPI).

Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Yoshitaka Shindo: Wage growth needs to exceed inflation.

Japan’s Minister of Economic Regeneration Yoshitaka Shindo: There is no specific expenditure scale in economic measures.

Japan’s Minister of Economic Regeneration Yoshitaka Shindo: Measures need to be taken to deal with the impact of inflation.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: The plan to increase pensions will put pressure on the Hungarian budget.

Credit Suisse expects $1.6 billion in loan impairments in the third quarter.