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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on Feb. 1.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2026
Revamped Iranian leadership wary as U.S. peace talks set to begin
The upgraded seniority in each side’s delegation is a signal that they both mean business, analysts say.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday, as he departs for Pakistan for talks on Iran.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 11, 2026
Vance emerges as Trump’s Iran closer, a task fraught with risk
The talks’ outcome could determine whether a tenuous two-week ceasefire turns into a lasting peace or ultimately unravels and plunges the region into further conflict.
Children at a memorial event held in Tehran on Tuesday for victims of the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school strike in Minab. Visual evidence shows that an American missile likely hit the Iranian elementary school where 175 people, many of them children, were reported killed on Feb. 28.
WORLD
Apr 10, 2026
Iranians skeptical and afraid ahead of talks on ending war
Talks between the United States and Iran and hosted by Pakistan were hanging in the balance on Friday, but if they go ahead they could turn a temporary ceasefire into peace.
More than four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion have given Kyiv extensive combat experience which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sought to leverage diplomatically since the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.
WORLD
Apr 10, 2026
Zelenskyy says Gulf offers Kyiv fuel aid for anti-drone support
Zelenskyy said Kyiv would receive direct shipments of diesel fuel, crude oil to be processed in European refineries.
The impact of the Middle East crisis on producer prices has begun to show itself in Japan as gasoline prices are on the rise amid higher crude oil prices.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 10, 2026
Producer prices in Japan rise 2.6% in March
The impact of the Middle East crisis on producer prices has begun to appear as gasoline prices are on the rise amid higher crude oil prices.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a ministerial meeting on the situation in the Middle East, on Friday at the Prime Minister’s Office.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2026
Takaichi confirms release of more oil reserves next month
Japan began tapping its stockpiles, the world’s largest, in March as the government looked to temper a spike in prices caused by the hit to supply from the Middle East war.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2026
Xi helps Trump on Iran war as China assists in ceasefire bid
China’s decision to step in marks a departure from its long-held preference of staying on the sidelines.
Pedestrians in the Ginza district of Tokyo. The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran is projected to halt developing Asia’s economic upswing, the Asian Development Bank has said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 10, 2026
Asia economic growth to slow even if oil stabilizes, ADB warns
The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran is projected to halt developing Asia’s economic upswing.
Pro-government supporters rally after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at Enqelab Square in Tehran on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2026
A ceasefire in Iran offers the world little hope
While there is inevitably uncertainty during such hostilities, the prosecution of this conflict suggests a damning amateurism if not disorientation.
People inspect the remnants of an Iranian missile that landed in a settlement in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2026
As U.S. and Iran talk truce, Israel digs in for a ‘forever war’
Creating “buffer zones” in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon reflects a strategic shift that puts Israel in a semipermanent state of war, Israeli military and defense officials said.
Cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz on March 11. The stakes for the peace talks are high, given that a fifth of the world's oil as well as vast quantities of natural gas and fertilizer pass through the key waterway in peacetime.
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 10, 2026
Shipping toll for Hormuz passage sharply divides nations
While Iran agreed to reopen the strait during the two-week truce with the U.S., it has also spoken of a toll system to fund reconstruction following U.S.-Israeli attacks.
The President house in Islamabad on Thursday as Pakistan gears up to host the U.S. and Iran peace talks
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2026
Pakistan’s high-stakes Iran peace bid is fraught with risk
Pakistan’s role as a peace broker marks a stunning reversal in fortunes, and success in Saturday’s dialogue would go a long way toward maintaining its newfound prominence.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2026
Anxiety rises in Tokyo as uncertainties hang over fragile Iran war truce
Japan, eight other countries and the EU have said they “will contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” but it is unclear exactly what this could mean.
Storage tanks are seen at an oil refinery with Mount Fuji in the background in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 9, 2026
Regional cooperation on oil stocks and supplies could offer Japan more stability
Agreements with Asian countries on communal stockpiling and reciprocal supply arrangements may help ease future disruptions to supply and price stability.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a training base in Pyongyang on March 3, in a photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2026
As world focuses on Strait of Hormuz, North Korea tests raft of new weapons
The weapons tests came ahead of a visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the North from Thursday, his first trip to the neighboring country in more than six years.
Pro-government supporters react in Tehran on Wednesday after the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was announced on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 9, 2026
As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but powerful with leverage over Hormuz
Iran has absorbed blows from the U.S. and Israel while retaining — and in some cases strengthening — its core instruments of power.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (right) and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the Department of State in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2026
Trump criticizes NATO over Iran in meeting with alliance’s boss
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he had a “a very frank, very open discussion” with the U.S. president and described the talk as one “between two good friends.”
A ballistic missile launch vehicle in Tehran on Feb. 11
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2026
UAE says Iran’s nuclear and military capabilities must be addressed
Iranian attacks on infrastructure, energy facilities and civilian sites over the past 40 days across the Persian Gulf require a “firm position,” the UAE says.
An employee at Emerald Packaging operates a machine that prints grocery bags at the company’s facility in Union City, California, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 9, 2026
From falling U.S. wealth to Indian factory closures, oil shock raises global recession risk
As oil prices surge in the sixth week of the Iran war, businesses across the world are feeling the strain of a widening energy shock.
An oil refinery in the Keihin industrial area in Yokohama. Japanese refiners are opting for smaller ships that can transit the Panama Canal to get U.S. oil faster.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2026
Japan taps smaller ships to get U.S. oil faster on supply concerns
Three midsize tankers are scheduled to deliver U.S. oil to Japan from late April through May.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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