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STRAIT OF HORMUZ

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.
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.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the National Defense Academy's graduation ceremony in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
Trump’s call for Japan to send warships to Strait of Hormuz heaps pressure on Takaichi
The U.S. president’s push for a “team effort” to reopen key waterway comes less than a week before Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is due in Washington for a summit with Trump.
Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 15, 2026
Trump urges Japan and other countries to send warships to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Tehran’s ability to stop shipping through the strait, a major channel for oil and gas shipping, could give it enormous leverage over the U.S. and its allies.
About a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic has dropped by 97% since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began on Feb. 28, according to United Nations data.
BUSINESS / Economy / EXPLAINER
Mar 14, 2026
Why is it so easy for Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz?
About a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the strait, where traffic has dropped by 97% since the Iran conflict began.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Dec. 5, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2026
Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ guides Iran’s strikes in widening war
Moscow is currently providing Tehran with various forms of intelligence in an effort to help Iran hit back at U.S. forces in the region.
A schoolgirl holds up a poster of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during an anti-U.S. and Israel demonstration in Baghdad on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2026
Both sides trade strikes and threats as the Iran war approaches the two-week mark
U.S. President Donald Trump derided Iran's leaders as “deranged scumbags” and said it was his great honor to kill them as the war in the Middle East approached the two-week mark on Friday with heavy exchanges of drone and missile strikes across the region.
A tanker passes through the Strait of Hormuz. U.K. officials stated Thursday that they believe Iran is laying mines in the Strait.
WORLD
Mar 13, 2026
Iran has likely begun laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, U.K. says
The narrowness of the Strait of Hormuz makes the danger of sea mines more acute, as ships have less room to maneuver and greater odds of striking one of the weapons.
Fire and smoke rise in the Fujairah oil industry zone, caused by debris after a drone was intercepted by air defenses, according to the Fujairah media office, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on March 4.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. ignited Iran war but Gulf Arab states paying the price, Gulf sources say
Behind the scenes, resentment is mounting in Gulf Arab capitals at being drawn into a war they neither initiated nor endorsed but are now paying for economically and militarily.
Tankers sail in the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Mar 12, 2026
Iranian sea mines: The West’s waterborne nightmare
Any Iranian mining of the vital Strait of Hormuz, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a problem for Western demining teams.
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.
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.
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.
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.
French President Emmanuel Macron (center) meets the crew of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle deployed in the Mediterranean Sea following Iranian drone strikes on Cyprus, on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 10, 2026
France to deploy almost a dozen warships and mull Hormuz mission, Macron says
European states have been largely sidelined as the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran has escalated, and they are grappling with how to defend their interests.
Tankers are seen off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on March 3. Tehran has vowed to fire on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid its conflict with the U.S. and Israel.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 10, 2026
Ships brandish China links to weave through Strait of Hormuz
Vessels are linking themselves to Iran’s most important economic partner in an attempt to reduce the risk of being targeted for Iranian attacks.
Mourners display a portrait of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday during a funeral for Hezbollah Brigades members killed in a strike in southern Iraq.
EDITORIALS
Mar 6, 2026
The Iran war could do incalculable damage
The joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran is not the solution to the indignities, injustices and wrongs perpetrated by that regime.
Tankers are visible in the background as Iran vows to close the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 5, 2026
Iran could disrupt the Strait of Hormuz with drones for months
Closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes, has been one of Iran’s main objectives.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
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Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
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