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An oil tanker off the shore of Singapore, on March 17
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2026
A 12,000-mile journey shows the world’s scramble for diesel
Soaring fuel prices from the Iran war are forcing oil traders into longer, stranger journeys, sending cargoes on routes that would normally make little economic sense.
Air China cargo’s airline Boeing 777-FFT aircraft flies past a full moon in Germany on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2026
China’s state airlines are aviation’s unlikely losers from war
Despite providing flights to Europe bypassing the Middle East, carriers’ shares have tumbled since the conflict began.
Spools of electrical wires outside a series of assembly tents at the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 2, 2026
America’s AI build-out hinges on Chinese electrical parts
The boom in AI infrastructure is colliding with a shortage of transformers and other electrical components needed to power massive data centers.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (pictured) and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan agreed in a phone call Wednesday to coordinate closely on the situation surrounding Iran, with Japan supporting efforts to de-escalate tensions.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
Japan and Turkey’s foreign chiefs agree to cooperate on Iran
Hakan Fidan said that his country wants to work with Japan on the Iran situation, and the two foreign ministers agreed to continue close communication.
U.S. President Donald Trump (left), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (second from left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (third from left) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
Can Trump pull the U.S. out of NATO?
The U.S. president has been harshly critical of the 77-year-old trans-Atlantic alliance for years.
Health deputy minister Hirobumi Niki (center left) receives a petition from patient groups in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 2, 2026
Patients in Japan seek stable supply of medical goods as war concerns loom
Shortages of naphtha — used in plastic — has patients worried about access to life-saving equipment as the Iran war continues to disrupt supply chains.
The Iran conflict has created ‌one of ‌the largest supply shortages in global energy market history, pouring political pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump to quickly end it.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
Trump says U.S. may exit Iran war soon and threatens to quit NATO
The U.S. will soon end its war on Iran, the U.S. president said, while scaling up threats to pull out of NATO over what he sees as its failure to support Washington with the war.
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday. The court heard a landmark case testing whether U.S. President Donald Trump can limit birthright citizenship, the long-held principle that nearly all children born in the United States are automatically citizens.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump order to restrict birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court proceedings come after a lower court found that Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship violated language in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
People attend a funeral ceremony for the Revolutionary Guards Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri in Tehran on Monday. Regional analysts say the assumption that removing top Iranian leaders would cause the system to fracture ignored the country's record of resilience, with the result not of surrender but radicalization.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
U.S.-Israeli war, intended to break Iran, could leave Tehran stronger
A premature end to the war without security guarantees would leave Gulf states exposed to an Iran that was supposed to surrender but instead has been radicalized.
Palestinians inspect a burned vehicle and tractor following an attack by Israeli settlers in the northern outskirts of Tayasir village near the occupied West Bank town of Tubas on March 31.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Applying Israel’s death penalty law would be a ‘war crime’: U.N.
Under the new law, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as “terrorism” will face the death penalty.
Motorists queue up to refuel their vehicles outside a petrol station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Asia barters for scarce energy as Iran crisis throttles supply
The race for alternative supply has hotted up as China, the world’s second-largest economy, imposed fuel export bans.
Women sit in their home, which was damaged by an airstrike in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / EXPLAINER
Apr 1, 2026
When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?
⁠Some experts say attacks against oil facilities, electricity production sites and desalination plants that supply civilians could amount to war crimes.
President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Trump signs order tightening mail-in voting, drawing swift legal threats
The ‌order would ‌use federal data to help election officials verify voter eligibility and would require absentee ballots to be sent only to voters on each state’s approved list.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Trump’s delayed Xi summit gives U.S.-China irritants room to grow
In recent days, China launched retaliatory probes into U.S. trade practices, while a bipartisan group of American senators visited Taiwan to press for more spending to deter China.
An Emirates jet flies past plumes of smoke from an Iranian drone strike near Dubai International Airport on March 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2026
Why Iran’s escalation strategy is likely to backfire
By widening the scope of the fighting and threatening the Persian Gulf states’ economic lifelines, Iran wants to raise the perceived price of continuing the war.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a poster showing what was described as reciprocal tariffs during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2, 2025.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 1, 2026
Oil shock from war on Iran unwinds traders’ playbook since Trump’s tariffs
Fallout from the conflict for energy markets and global trade is forcing a shift away from popular, crowded trades that had come to define markets.
An Emirates aircraft prepares for landing as a smoke plume rises from a fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 1, 2026
Arab nations may lose $200 billion from Iran war, U.N. says
Middle Eastern countries stand to lose between $120 billion and $194 billion from gross domestic product as a result of disruptions from the war, according to an analysis.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a cable that American diplomats should "counter foreign anti-American propaganda" by using the social media platform X and by partnering with military psychological operations units.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 1, 2026
Marco Rubio urges U.S. diplomats to use X to fight ‘anti-American propaganda’
The cable, which was first reported on by The Guardian, was devoted to ways to expose ​foreign influence operations and falsehoods that harm U.S. security and interests.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
U.S. eyes swift end to war as fresh attacks hit Gulf states and Iran
The remarks underscored the shifting and at times contradictory timelines and statements from Washington about how and when the war might end.
Kawada Robotics demonstrates one of its prototypes at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo in March 2022. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is wise to accelerate science and technology integration with national security and diplomacy.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 31, 2026
Takaichi rallies support for a ‘new technology-driven nation’
Positioning science and technology at the core of national strategy is not new.
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.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
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.
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.
Long-stalled maglev line finally gets green light from Shizuoka Prefecture
Environmental concerns relating to the construction of Central Japan Railway’s high-speed maglev line had contributed to years of delays for the project.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
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.
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.
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.

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