Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said the Israel Defense Forces will remain in Lebanon until the Hezbollah threat is eliminated.

Secretary-General of Iran’s Revolutionary Martyrs’ Memorial Committee Pourjamshidian said on June 30 Iran will hold a series of memorial and farewell events for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Qom, Mashhad and in parts of Iraq in the near term. He said coordination bodies have been established nationwide to support public participation and that Tehran has coordinated with Iraqi authorities to stage related ceremonies.

BANK OF JAPAN board member Sato Ayano said firms are more proactively raising wages and prices, so the inflationary impact of a weaker yen could be greater than in the past.