• USD/JPY is currently trading around 106.42 marks.
   
• It made intraday high at 106.54 and low at 106.38 levels.
   
• Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key resistance at 106.73 mark.
   
• A daily close above 106.73 will take the parity higher towards key resistances around 107.85, 109.62, 110.70, 111.44, 112.40, 112.88 and 113.26 levels respectively.
   
• On the other side, a sustained close below 105.35 will drag the parity down towards key supports around 104.00, 102.22, 101.68 and 100.98 levels respectively.
   
• Japan’s Nikkei was trading 1.01 pct higher at 20,668.48 points.
   
• Japan Tokyo core CPI y/y at 0.7 pct vs 0.9 pct previous release (expected 0.8 pct).
   
• Japan unemployment rate at 2.2 pct vs 2.3 pct previous release.
   
• Japan Prelim industrial production m/m 1.3 pct vs -3.3 previous release.
   
• Japan retail sales y/y -2.0 pct vs 0.5 pct previous release.