Japanese Tokyo Core CPI YoY (May) Y/Y 1.3% vs. Exp. 1.5% (Prev. 1.5%, Low. 1.4%, High. 1.7%)

Japanese Retail Sales MoM (Apr) M/M 1.3% (Prev. 1.3%)

PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN, JAPANESE & SOUTH KOREAN STOCK NEWS: Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) began shipment of 12-layer HBM4E samples to major global customers

Japanese Tokyo Core CPI YoY (May) Y/Y 1.3% vs. Exp. 1.5% (Prev. 1.5%, Low. 1.4%, High. 1.7%)

RBNZ Assistant Governor Silk says did not think interest rates need to increase yet, but inflation pressures are building in the near term, adds looking at high frequency data for July decision, bias is we're going to see rate hikes in coming meetings

Korea (Republic of) Industrial Production YoY (Apr) Y/Y 1.5% vs Exp. 2.5% (Prev. 3.6%)