Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on March 19, a summit that carries substantial implications for bilateral trade, defense procurement, and the broader management of Japan-China tensions. Trump announced the meeting date before Japan’s February 8 election and has cultivated a notably warm relationship with…
Prime Minister Takaichi’s scheduled White House meeting with President Trump on Wednesday takes place against a commodity market backdrop that has transformed the bilateral agenda from trade and defense into an energy security negotiation of existential importance for Japan’s economy. Dubai crude, the benchmark most relevant to Asian physical oil markets, has surged toward $166…
Fuel rationing across Asia is being implemented through a patchwork of technology systems, regulatory mechanisms, and manual processes that reflect the absence of standardized crisis management infrastructure in most of the affected countries. Vietnam, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and parts of India are restricting fuel distribution using methods that range from sophisticated digital allocation platforms…
