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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on March 6
WORLD
Mar 12, 2026
FBI bulletin warned of possible Iran retaliation on California targets
Iran has fought back with missile and drone aircraft attacks against Israel and several Gulf states that host U.S. military installations.
Graves are being prepared for the victims following a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, on March 2.
WORLD
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. may have struck Iranian girls’ school after using outdated targeting data, sources say
The strike, during the first day of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, killed 150 students, according to Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva.
Smoke rises from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 12, 2026
Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel as it fires on merchant ships
The war unleashed with joint U.S. and Israeli air strikes nearly two weeks ago has so far killed around 2,000 people, mostly Iranians and Lebanese.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Feb. 24. The prime minister announced on Wednesday that Japan will tap its oil reserves for the first time since 2022.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2026
Takaichi says oil reserves to be tapped as Iran conflict hits crude flows
Japan holds stockpiled oil equivalent to about 254 days of domestic demand. The release of some of that could begin as soon as Monday.
Mitsui OSK Lines headquarters in Tokyo
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2026
Japanese-flagged container ship sustains damage in the Persian Gulf
The news comes as reports emerged that Iran had begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a key passage for oil shipments.
The Callisto tanker sits anchored as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 11, 2026
U.S. destroys mine-laying vessels as Trump warns Iran over Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump warned that any mines laid in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran must be removed immediately.
Tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. More than 70% of Japan-bound oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz between the UAE and Iran.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 11, 2026
Japan ready to join coordinated intervention in oil markets
Concerns have intensified as crude oil tankers bound for Japan ceased navigating the Strait of Hormuz 10 days ago because the war made the passage too dangerous.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 4
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2026
Japan and U.S. defense chiefs discuss Iran in first known call since war began
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi noted that Tokyo is closely monitoring the situation with great interest in order to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals.
Smoke plumes billow from the site of airstrikes near Azadi Tower in western Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 11, 2026
‘Put our faith in God’: Tehran residents adapt to wartime
Tehran and other Iranian cities have been plunged into a conflict of an intensity unseen in the country since the 1980s war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
Oil storage containers and pipelines at an oil terminal in Hardisty, Canada
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 11, 2026
China’s energy security push pays off as war roils Asia refiners
China’s position is a stark contrast to Asian countries from Japan to Thailand that have been hit hard by wartime energy disruptions.
High prices for gasoline are shown at a gas station in downtown Los Angeles, California on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2026
Rising gas prices from Iran war imperil Republican majority in U.S. Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump had boasted about falling gasoline prices just a couple of weeks before he launched airstrikes against Iran.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday erroneously posted — and then deleted — a message that the U.S. Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, causing oil prices to plummet.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 11, 2026
Trump officials’ mixed Iran messages prompt more volatility
Oil prices plummeted almost 20% after an erroneous post by the U.S. energy secretary, only to pare those declines as more information emerged.
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 11, 2026
Hezbollah returns to guerrilla roots and awaits Israeli invasion
Greatly weakened during the 2024 war, Hezbollah has faced pressure from the Lebanese state to disarm.
A banner of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei with late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on a building, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 11, 2026
Heaviest day of strikes yet on Iran despite market bets that war will end soon
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they would block oil shipments from the Gulf unless U.S. and Israeli attacks cease.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) looks on beside Russian President Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 10, 2026
Trump and Putin talk of war and peace as U.S. weighs easing Russian oil sanctions
Such a move would help ease a supply crunch due to conflict in Iran, but also complicate U.S. efforts to deprive Russia of revenue for its war in Ukraine.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks at the Philippines-Korea Business Forum in Pasay, Metro Manila, on March 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 10, 2026
Seoul can’t stop U.S. forces from redeploying weapons to Middle East, says Lee
U.S. and South Korean militaries have been discussing possible redeployment of some U.S. Patriot missile defense systems based in South Korea.
Donald Trump is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the U.S. president addresses the Knesset in late October. Trump and Netanyahu’s war in Iran is struggling for moral legitimacy.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2026
When is an illegal conflict morally defensible?
Though historical examples of legitimacy trumping legality in previous wars are few and far between, they do exist.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama attends an online meeting with her Group of Seven counterparts on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 10, 2026
G7 nations prepared for joint release of oil reserves amid Middle East strife
If carried out, such a move would be the first in about four years since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions at the Lower House Budget Committee on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 10, 2026
Can the U.S. ask for Japan’s help in the Iran war?
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says the Middle East conflict is not a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan thus far.
A man shops in a supermarket in Chanverrie, France, on Oct. 16, 2024. When prices of food and other essentials rise, the first thing people cut spending on is fashion, says consultancy Simon-Kucher.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 10, 2026
Europe’s struggling retail sector looks ill-prepared for new energy price shock
The sector has barely recovered from the inflation cycle triggered by spiking gas prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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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