We begin in Tokyo, where oil market turmoil is posing the first major challenge to Sanae Takaichi since her landslide election victory last month. Here’s what to know. Recession risk: The war in Iran ...

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Japan announced G7 energy ministers are ready for a joint oil stockpile release due to the US-Israel war on Iran. They discussed economic impacts and trade route protection.

GBP/JPY trades higher on Tuesday as the ongoing US-Iran conflict pressures the Japanese Yen (JPY) amid fears that disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could threaten energy supplies to Japan, which ...

Indian benchmark equity indices snapped a two-day losing streak on Tuesday, supported by improving risk sentiment after US President Donald Trump signalled that the conflict with Iran could end soon.

Japan’s GDP expanded more than expected in the last quarter of 2025, and household spending on goods and private services remains on track in January. Read more here.

If the strait remains closed for only a few weeks, the price of oil could push to $150 per barrel of higher, according to oil and gas strategists at Macquarie Research. Trump also added that when it ...

Domestic demand contributes 0.3 of a percentage point to fourth-quarter GDP, revised up from zero Read more at The Business Times.

As crude oil prices surged past $100 a barrel this week, economists warned of the fallout for Japan’s economy, up to the longer-term risk of tipping the country into recession. “There is a risk of ...

Energy shocks rarely remain confined to energy markets. They propagate through bond markets, fiscal balances and inflation expectations ...

The upgrade to Japan’s fourth-quarter economic performance comes just as the outlook for business activity is clouding over owing to the conflict in the Middle East.