Japanese manufacturers' mood improved for the first time in five quarters while service sector confidence worsened to the lowest since 2014, a Reuters poll showed, as the effects of a strong yen filtered through the economy.
The Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan business sentiment survey will likely show the headline index for big manufacturers' sentiment improving by 1 point to plus 7 points in September from plus 6 points three months ago, the poll of 16 economists showed.
It will be the first time the index has improved since the June 2015 survey.