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https://www.breakingthenews.net/Article/BoJ's-Ueda:-Inflation-to-rise-significantly-in-2026/66425301

JMA lifts tsunami advisory for Japan coastlines after strong quake off Philippines ---- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/tsunami-advisory-philippines-quake/

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its key interest rate to a 30-year high on Tuesday, with a wait-and-see approach giving way to a certain sense of urgency. 🏯 “I’d say a rate hike is pretty much a done deal,” said Tsuyoshi Ueno, executive research fellow at NLI Research Institute. 🎍 Inflation and a weak yen are pushing the central bank to take the rate to 1% from 0.75%, analysts said. It was last at the 1% level in 1995.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/06/15/soccer/world-cup/japan-netherlands-world-cup/

Japan strikes late to earn thrilling draw with Netherlands in World Cup opener

Japan Airlines recently launched a trial using humanoids from Unitree and Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics for baggage and cargo handling at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport

https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3353262/real-life-transformers-chinas-unitree-debuts-mecha-robot-shifts-2-legs-4

Turning to petrochemical supply risks, Takaichi said Japan has secured the necessary volumes of crude oil and petroleum products nationwide. With naphtha — a key feedstock for plastics and chemicals — identified as a particular concern, she said the government is maintaining domestic refining operations while steadily expanding imports from outside the Middle East.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/27/japan/politics/upper-house-oil-debate/

Japanese officials have left the door open to the possibility of dispatching the Maritime Self-Defense Force once a lasting ceasefire is in place, potentially for minesweeping operations. The MSDF is widely regarded as being one of the world’s most proficient in such operations.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/08/japan/politics/takaichi-iran-president-call/

Launched in 2022, GCAP aims to deliver a sixth-generation fighter aircraft to replace aging Air Self-Defense Force F-2 jets, as well as British and Italian Eurofighters, with the first units expected to enter service by 2035.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/03/japan/gcap-first-joint-contract/

Die Einigung auf eine zweiwöchige Waffenruhe im Nahen Osten hat eine Erleichterungsrally an den Finanzmärkten ausgelöst. Die Hoffnung auf eine Wiederaufnahme der Öl- und Gaslieferungen durch die Straße von Hormus ließ die Ölpreise einbrechen und beflügelte die Aktienmärkte. In Tokio schoss der Nikkei-Index um fünf Prozent in die Höhe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_12_surface-to-ship_missile#Type_25_surface-to-ship_missile