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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2026
Trump seeks to delay meeting with China’s Xi by ‘a month or so’
Such a delay risks magnifying tensions between Washington and Beijing and underscores how the Iran war has upended the U.S. foreign policy agenda.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during an Upper House Budget Committee meeting on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Takaichi says no current plan to deploy SDF for Hormuz escort mission
The prime minister said such an operation would be legally “very difficult,” adding that Japan had not been asked to join a coalition to help secure vessels in the waterway.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 16, 2026
Trump threatens Xi summit delay if China doesn’t help in Hormuz
Trump stressed China’s dependence on oil from the Middle East in an interview with The Financial Times, as he reiterated a demand for Beijing to help unblock the key waterway.
Tanks at an oil refinery in Yokohama in February. Japan said Monday it began to release strategic oil reserves.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 16, 2026
Japan begins its largest-ever oil release from strategic reserves
Crude oil prices have soared as the Strait of Hormuz, through which most Japan-bound oil passes, remains effectively closed.
An Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft remains parked at the airport after the flight was canceled at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on March 5.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2026
Middle East war disrupts pharma air routes and risks cancer drugs supply
The conflict has knocked out key air transit hubs and closed shipping routes.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight to Washington on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Trump accuses Iran of using AI to spread disinformation
“AI can be very dangerous, we have to be very careful with it,” Trump said to reporters.
A tanker loaded with Saudi Arabian crude arrives at a port in Mumbai, India, on March 12 after transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
South Korea weighs Trump’s request on sending warships to Hormuz
Seoul is wary of getting drawn into the Iran conflict.
A woman uses her phone as smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran on March 7. Despite an internet blackout, people are still finding ways to send and receive information in Iran.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Mar 16, 2026
How Iranians are communicating through internet blackout
An internet blackout that one connectivity monitor says is government imposed hasn’t stopped information from getting in and out of Iran.
In some ways, China’s grid investments highlight how energy security — once viewed as a lofty, long-term goal of President Xi Jinping — is now becoming an immediate and crucial source of economic insulation.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2026
China’s ‘supergrid’ gives Xi buffer against energy shocks
Beijing’s long-running effort to build out its energy sources is getting fresh momentum from the war in the Middle East.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Trump says he’s asked seven countries to join coalition to police Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. president insisted that nations relying heavily on oil from the Gulf have a responsibility to protect the strait.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on March 13.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Trump leaves allies and foes guessing on endgame for Iran
The U.S. president has gone from declaring the war with Iran to be over soon to calling on European and Gulf allies to help.
A mother kisses her child after they returned from Dubai amid the U.S. and Israel's conflict with Iran in Mumbai, India, on March 3.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2026
‘Dream holidays’ in disarray as travelers count cost of Iran war
The conflict has already closed much of the Middle East’s airspace, leading to tens of thousands of flight cancellations, reroutings and schedule changes worldwide.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his supporters at a public meeting in Guwahati, India, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Modi walks fine line between Iran and U.S. as war hits economy
The worsening conflict in the Middle East is causing severe gas shortages in India.
President Donald Trump speaks to attendees at a Women's History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Trump rejects Iran deal on current terms as war continues
The current fighting has brought shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill and upended energy markets.
A tanker sits anchored in Port Sultan Qaboos in Muscat, Oman, on March 12.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2026
Lured by profits, some shipowners brave mines and missiles to sneak oil past Iran
Tactics deployed by shipowners so far include switching off AIS ship-tracking transponders in the hope that vessels become less visible to Iran’s military, and traveling at night.
A drilling platform near Stord, western Norway, in 2017. Already Europe's largest supplier of natural gas since Ukraine began, Norway hopes to use the war in the Middle East to get EU blessing to drill in the Arctic.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2026
Middle East turmoil revives Norway push for Arctic drilling
Norway — which is not an EU member but is closely aligned on many issues — has often extolled the virtues of stable energy supplies from a peaceful, democratic country.
Smoke rises above Dubai on Friday as the conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran rages on.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
‘Dubai is safe’: UAE pushes to contain fallout from Iran onslaught
Iran has fired over 1,800 missiles and drones at the Emirates, more than any other country targeted by Tehran in the conflict.
Evacuees board a South Korean military transport in Riyadh on Saturday.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2026
Two Japanese nationals flee Middle East on South Korean military plane
In 2024, Japan and South Korea signed a memorandum on mutual support for the evacuation of their citizens in the event of an emergency in a third country.
Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
Italy explores nuclear return after 40 years as energy costs hit
A pivot to nuclear is central to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to thwart Italy’s rising energy prices, which are among the highest in Europe.
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa addressed an Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum on Saturday, calling on regional leaders to diversify their energy supply.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2026
Akazawa implores Asian partners to diversify energy suppliers
The industry minister said that the region depends on imports for more than 80% of its energy compounding the damage caused by the conflict between U.S.-Israeli forces and Iran.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Prior to launch, Japan ‘strongly urged’ China to reconsider missile test in Pacific
A missile is fired from a Chinese Navy nuclear-powered submarine on Monday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly creating a malicious program and canceling subscription accounts on the Bandai Channel.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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