According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, Osaka in Japan is the 43rd and most expensive city to live in.
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Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region mixed on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump proposed tariffs “in the 25% neighborhood” on imports of cars, semiconductors and drugs.
The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.38%, but the broader Topix index fell 0.31% as it reported a two-year trade deficit.
Business sentiment from Japanese manufacturers rose in the second month of February. The manufacturer's sentiment index rose from plus 2 in January to plus 3 (the highest level since November).
In Korea, Kospi traded 1.83% higher, while the small Kosdaq moved 0.62% higher.
Mainland China's CSI 300 index rose 0.42% in choppy trade. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.33%.
Indian stocks lost streaks with benchmark Nifty 50 trading 0.21% higher and BSE Sensex index 0.38% higher.
Australia S&P/ASX 200 It was closed at 8,419.20, down 0.73% at 8,419.20. This marked the first easing since November 2020, with a 4.10% reduction since the country's central bank cut by 25 basis points.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cut it by 50 basis points at the policy meeting to 3.75%, in line with Reuters estimates. It marks the fourth straight cut of the central bank and comes as its economy slows down.
The New Zealand dollar fell 0.33% against the US dollar to 0.5719.
Overnight in the US, all three indexes rose, and the S&P 500 was closed at record highs after the stock was repeated seconds before the closure bell. After touching on the intraday record of 6,129.63 before the final bell, the broad market index rose 0.24% until the record end of 6,129.58. The NASDAQ Composite rose 0.07% at 20,041.26, but the Dow Jones industrial average ended the session at 44,556.34, adding 10 points (0.02%).
The energy sector was the best performer in the S&P 500, rising 1.9%, but also checked tech stocks.
– CNBC's Brian Evans and Sarah Minh contributed to this report.
