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Chiyoda is one of the companies involved in the construction of a giant liquefied natural gas export plant in Qatar that was evacuated in March following an Iranian drone attack.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2026
Japan’s Chiyoda considers resuming work on Qatar LNG project
Shares of Chiyoda touched the upper daily limit during morning trading hours in Tokyo as investors bet on the company as a key player in reconstruction across the Persian Gulf.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2026
Trump, the demolition man of global order
The postwar idea of collective defense is giving way to something closer to protection racketeering.
This handout from the European Space Agency shows a view of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country's main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2026
Will Kharg Island decide the future of U.S. alliances?
Kharg Island highlights how U.S. military power can act, but uncertain allied support now constrain America’s ability to translate action into strategic influence.
A liquefied natural gas tanker is seen at a port in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2026
Shipowners eye Hormuz ceasefire window for 800 trapped vessels
The near-closure of the vital waterway has created an unprecedented global energy supply crunch, as Iran tightened its control in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.
U.S. President Donald Trump, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
Trump’s threat to Iran shocks global leaders and unnerves some Republicans
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote in an online post that has drawn criticism.
U.S. service members conduct early morning security rounds at the Cryptologic Operations Center in Misawa, Japan. Japan needs its own central agency to integrate signal and human intelligence, as well as open-source and cyber data, to produce actionable analysis.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 8, 2026
Japan’s intelligence overhaul is overdue, not ominous
Japan’s planned reforms would upgrade the existing Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO) into a national intelligence bureau.
Participants line up to install OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent, outside the Baidu offices in Beijing on March 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2026
There’s method to China’s OpenClaw madness
It arrived at exactly the right moment for China’s AI sector. After months of brutal price wars, it gave model builders a reason to charge more for tokens.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends Easter celebrations at the White House on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
FBI warned of Iran’s ‘persistent threat’ to U.S. as White House downplayed risk
President Donald Trump publicly has minimized the possibility of Iranian attacks on U.S. soil in response to other intelligence reports in recent months.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appear on stage together during a Day of Friendship event at MTK Sportpark in Budapest on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
Vance picks fight with Europe over Orban in vote endorsement
The U.S. vice president criticized the European Union for allegedly meddling in the Hungarian election, then endorsed the Hungarian prime minister as a model of leadership.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in Stockholm in January.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2026
Bill Gates to appear before house Epstein panel on June 10
The Microsoft co-founder has called his relationship with the late disgraced financier a “huge mistake” and has denied wrongdoing.
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote during at a United Nations Security Council meeting on a Hormuz resolution at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
China and Russia veto security council resolution on Hormuz
The vote followed days of negotiations and pressure from a number of Gulf countries to restore free passage in the strait.
U.S. President Donald Trump is silhouetted as he waves upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 27.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
How Trump took the U.S. to war with Iran
In a series of Situation Room meetings, U.S. President Donald Trump weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment.
A man views a slavery exhibition at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. On March 25, the U.N. General Assembly called the transatlantic slave trade the "gravest crime against humanity," with 123 nations voting in favor, three against and 52 abstaining.
COMMENTARY
Apr 7, 2026
Slavery’s atrocities had many global masters
Most historians date the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade to the year 1500, when Portuguese traders sailed down the coast of Africa.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2026
Iran defiant as deadline looms for Trump threat to infrastructure
Tehran rejected a U.S. proposal brokered by Pakistan for an immediate ceasefire and the lifting of its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, followed by talks ​on a broader peace deal.
A Chinese H-6 nuclear-capable strategic bomber flies from the East China Sea over the Miyako Strait into the Western Pacific in December.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 7, 2026
How should Japan respond to China’s nuclear threat?
The U.S. Department of Defense assesses that China could possess more than 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030.
A U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft is seen damaged following an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in this picture obtained from social media released on March 29.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2026
Russian satellite imagery used by Iran to target U.S. forces, Ukraine reports
Military bases and headquarters were targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones within days of being surveyed by Russian satellites, the assessment says.
People write on a banner while attending a "No Kings" protest against U.S. President Donald Trump in Denver on March 28. While Iran’s system is built to survive, America risks weakening its own continuity by concentrating power in one leader.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2026
Why America, not Iran, has a succession problem
Iran has not collapsed. Nor has it staggered in any decisive way. It was built, from the beginning, to survive exactly this kind of assault.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2026
Trump chides Japan over Iran war, even as Tokyo ramps up diplomatic moves
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan must communicate both with the U.S. and Iran, and is seeking telephone calls with the presidents of both countries.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in September. China is trying to leverage its close ties with Iran to present itself as a mediator in the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict.
COMMENTARY
Apr 7, 2026
China can’t end the Iran war. But it can shape the endgame.
Beijing does have skin in this game and, therefore, incentive to find a solution.
The Jag Vasant vessel transferring liquefied petroleum gas at a port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid supply disruptions linked to the U.S-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Mumbai on April 1
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2026
Hormuz closure divides the fortunes of Middle Eastern oil states
While much of the world faces further inflation and economic damage from the energy price rise, for Middle Eastern oil producers, the impact has ​depended on their geography.
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
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.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
A graphic illustration of the Hayabusa2 probe flying past the asteroid Torifune
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.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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