* Japanese rubber futures inched lower on Tuesday, tracking
losses
in the Shanghai market and pressured by a stronger yen.
* The Osaka Exchange rubber contract for July delivery was down 0.7 yen, or 0.3%, at 226.6 yen ($1.71) per
kg, as of 0202 GMT.
* The rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for
May
delivery was down 50 yuan, or 0.4%, at 12,635 yuan
($1,865) per tonne.
* Japan's benchmark Nikkei share average opened up
0.19%.
* Japanese real wages rose for the first time in nine months
thanks to robust temporary bonuses, but uncertainty remains on
whether pay hikes will continue to sustain Japan's economic
recovery.
* The Japanese yen rose 0.2% to 132.37 per dollar,
but
remained pinned near Monday's one-month low of 132.90.
* A stronger Japanese currency makes yen-denominated assets
less
affordable when purchased in other currencies.
* Rubber markets are waiting for signs of a demand pick-up
in top
buyer China following the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, and
after the country lifted its strict COVID-19 curbs at the end of
2022.
* Asian share markets stabilised somewhat after steep losses
in
the past 24 hours, while the U.S dollar remained elevated as
investors considered the prospects interest rates would remain
higher for longer in many developed economies.
* The front-month rubber contract on Singapore Exchange's
SICOM
platform for March delivery last traded at 139.2 U.S.
cents per kg, down 1.0%.
($1 = 132.3700 yen)
($1 = 6.7748 yuan)
(Reporting by Matthew Chye; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) -
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