The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan crept up 0.5 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei was down 0.
In early trading on Wednesday, the yield on 20-year bonds edged up 2 basis points, while those on the 30-year JGB slipped 1.
The dollar index, which measures the US currency against six other units, edged down 0.03 per cent to 99.938, following a 1.3 per cent two-day decline.
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