Japanese stocks are expected to rise after Wall Street rallied on the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. Nikkei futures on the Singapore Exchange climbed 0.3% to 50,740 points. Investors are closely monitoring economic data and policy moves by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of the Bank of Japan's policy meeting next week. The Nikkei Index slipped 0.1% to 50,602.80 points on Wednesday.