singapore shares in japan looked set for a quiet open on wednesday as investors in asiapacific await the release of china and us inflation data for october futures pointed to a lower open for japanese stocks the nikkei futures contract in chicago was at 29280 while its counterpart in osaka was at 29290 that compared against the nikkei 225s last close at 2928546 shares in australia nudged higher in morning trade with the spasx 200 climbing about 01 china is set to release its inflation data for october at 930 am hksin