BANGKOK – Shares are mixed in Asia as investors tread cautiously ahead of an interest rate decision this week by the Federal Reserve.

U.S. futures and oil prices rose.

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Flaring Japan-China tensions also were weighing on sentiment, as traders remained cautious.

Japan and Australia urged calm on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets, weeks after a remark about Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stirred tensions with Beijing.

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Japan had formally protested the incident, calling it “an extremely regrettable” act and “a dangerous” one that “exceeded the scope necessary for safe aircraft operations.”

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index was unchanged at 50,491.53.

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