Tokyo scraps arms export limits for security and growth

Efforts to strengthen Japan’s defense industrial base
Tokyo on edge

My 10 days of conversations in Japan
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While you wait for Iranians to show up…
Ahmadian in Islamabad: The Defense Council Signature on the Iranian Delegation

Signposts to watch and Iran’s strategy for U.S. negotiations
Iran | Pre-War Hormuz Is Not Coming Back

The SNSC Codifies Iranian Hormuz Governance and the Islamabad Window Opens
Iran/Market Comment | April 8, 2026

Brief update
Takaichi prepares for battles over “divisive” agenda

Budget passage clears the way for a crowded second half of the legislative session
Oil Derivatives Market Data | Mar 31, 2026

Is The U.S. Manipulating Oil Prices?
Government already looking to stimulus as crisis continues

Takaichi coalition still pass early supplemental budget as it manages Hormuz crisis.