• USD/JPY is currently trading around 112.50 marks.
   
• It made intraday high at 112.56 and low at 112.42 levels.
   
• Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment.
   
• A daily close above 112.48 will take the parity higher towards key resistances around 112.58, 113.20, 114.73 and 115.90 levels respectively.
   
• On the other side, a sustained close below 112.48 will drag the parity down towards key supports around 111.75, 110.38, 109.96, 109.36 and 108.34 levels respectively.
   
• Tokyo's Nikkei share average opens up 0.73 pct at 23,848.63.
   
• Japan Sep 2018 Nikkei manufacturing PMI flash increase to 52.9 vs previous 52.5.
   
• Japan Aug 2018 nationwide core CPI mm increase to 0.4 % vs previous -0.1 %.
   
• Japan Aug 2018 CPI, overall nationwide increase to 1.3 % vs previous 0.9 %.