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Japan's Takaichi tries to reaffirm alliance with Trump as he seeks help securing Strait of Hormuz

There appears to be some tension as President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answer questions from White House reporters about Japan’s support for the Iran war

The Independent UK

Watch: Trump’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ jibe on Iran war question makes for awkward moment with Japan PM

US president Donald Trump’s meeting with Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday, supposed to be a routine diplomatic affair turned tense after an exchange over American strikes on Iran during a press interaction at the Oval Office.

The Times of India

Trump mocks Japan about Pearl Harbor in response to question about Iran war

US president was meeting with Japanese PM when he said: ‘Who knows better about surprise than Japan?’

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Watch moment Trump’s Pearl Harbour joke makes Japan PM sit back in seat

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Trump stuns Oval Office with crass Pearl Harbor joke in front of Japanese PM

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The Independent UK

Trump makes Pearl Harbor joke before Japanese PM when pressed on lack of warning over Iran attack

Oval Office crowd left briefly silent after Trump makes light of 83-year-old attack

The Independent UK

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi bracing for ‘very difficult’ Trump visit

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Rattled by Trump, Japan seeks closer ties with Europe

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets US President Donald Trump this Thursday in Washington. A long-planned visit upended by the Iran war. It's a tricky moment for the Japanese leader who needs to balance Trump's unpredictability with Tokyo's security needs.

Euronews

Japan's leader heads to Washington for a visit complicated by the Iran war fallout

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading to the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Going nuclear? Why a growing number of Washington’s allies are eyeing an alternative to US umbrella

Canadians are openly discussing the merits and risks of pursuing a nuclear weapon. Europeans are similarly considering a nuclear deterrent for the bloc. In South Korea, public support for a nuclear weapon is at its highest level on record, and even in Japan some politicians are talking about the once-taboo…

The Conversation

From Tokyo to Canberra, Trump's Closest Pacific Allies Are Turning Their Backs on His Hormuz Warship Demand

Donald Trump's plan to form a naval coalition at the Strait of Hormuz hits a snag as Japan and Australia refuse to send warships, raising questions about the coalition's viability.

International Business Times UK

Why countries are rejecting Trump’s call to send ships to Strait of Hormuz

Trump says his administration has contacted seven countries to help secure waterway

The Independent UK

Iran-US war latest: US embassy in Iraq attacked while Trump lashes out after Nato rejects Strait of Hormuz demand

The US president said it is only appropriate that those who benefit from oil coming through the waterway help to free it

The Independent UK

Trump steps up pressure on European allies to help protect strait of Hormuz

US president says it is ‘only appropriate’ for Europe to help, and warns failure to do so would be ‘very bad’ for Nato

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France backs emergency release of oil reserves as supply fears grow

France, which holds the G7 presidency, said Wednesday that major economies were ready to act to stabilise oil markets as the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its second week and disrupts supply.

The Independent UK

US allies and rivals in Asia gauge fallout from war in the Middle East

North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China are watching warily as war spreads across the Middle East

The Independent UK

Japan prepares for deployment of its first home-developed long-range missile

Japan started deploying its first batch of domestically-developed long-range missile, with their launchers arriving at a southwestern Japanese army camp Monday as the country accelerates its strike-back capability in response to rising challenges in the region

The Guardian - AU

The half-abandoned Japanese island at the heart of tensions with China

Kasasa island, in the Seto Inland Sea, has only seven residents but its fate is strongly intertwined with relations between Tokyo and Beijing

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The Guardian - AU

China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’

Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly

The Independent UK

Japan, Canada sign strategic agreement in defense and energy as war in Mideast fuels oil concerns

Japan and Canada have signed a strategic agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation in defense, economic and energy security as military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel fueled concern about international oil supplies

The Independent UK

What is Sanae token? Japan’s prime minister denies involvement in cryptocurrency that shares her name

Her denial triggers sell-off as ‘sanae token’ halves in value

The Times of India

Chinese official accidentally reveals secret operation to ChatGPT: Smear campaign against Japan PM, impersonating US officials

An eleborate China government secret has been accidentally revealed after a Chinese law enforcement official tried to use ChatGPT to plan a smear campaign against the Japanese PM. OpenAI said they banned the account after they found out China's secret strategy for covert influence operations and transnational repression. The Chinese…

The Guardian - AU

Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan by 2031, says defence minister

Surface-to-air missiles, which are capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles, will be located on Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island

The Guardian - UK

‘I considered starting over as a farmer’: Masao Adachi on political cinema, revolution and Japan today

The director and ex-Japanese Red Army militant discusses his new film Escape, about the anarchist fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, the frustrations of radical film-making and progressive politics

The Independent UK

China puts Japanese companies on export control lists as tensions rise

China has put 20 Japanese companies on an export control list and 20 others on a watchlist, as tensions continue over the Japanese leader’s previous comments on Taiwan, the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own

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