Japan's Cabinet Office released its consumer confidence index on Tuesday. The consumer confidence index declined to 40.6 in September from 41.7 in August.

The decline was driven by falls in all sub-indexes. The overall livelihood sub-index fell to 38.8 in September from 40.1 in August, the income growth sub-index was down to 39.4 from 39.9, the employment sub-index dropped to 44.9 from 46.3, while the willingness to buy durable goods sub-index decreased to 39.1 from 40.3.