• USD/JPY is currently trading around 108.98 marks.
   
• It made intraday high at 109.06 and low at 108.92 levels.
   
• Intraday bias remains slightly bullish till the time pair holds key support at 108.65 mark.
   
• A daily close above 108.93 will take the parity higher towards key resistances around 109.31, 109.62, 110.70, 111.44 and 112.40 levels respectively.
   
• On the other side, a sustained close below 108.38 will drag the parity down towards key supports around 107.84, 107.47, 106.76, 105.95, 104.00, 102.22, 101.68 and 100.98 levels respectively.
   
• Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.50 pct higher at 22,982.50 points.
   
• Japan Tokyo core CPI y/y stands at 0.5 pct vs 0.5 pct previous release (expected 0.7).
   
• Japan Tokyo CPI y/y stands at 0.4 pct vs 0.4 pct previous release.
   
• Japan CPI m/m Ex food and energy stands at 0.3 pct vs -0.3 pct previous release.