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News & Current Events Apr 6, 2026 at 5:29 AM

Japan arranging talks with Iranian leader as Middle East tension grows

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Japan PM willing to hold summit talks with Iran as Mideast tension grows
Japan Wire by Kyodo News
Japan PM willing to hold summit talks with Iran as Mideast tension grows
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday expressed willingness to hold summit talks with Iran, with tensions mounting in the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz approaches.
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SwedeLostInCanada Apr 6, 2026 +92
Japan are relying on the strait being open for about 99% of their oil. A lot of these economies are going to suffer if this keeps going
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Gomnanas Apr 6, 2026 +59
South Korea, too. In fact, most of Asia. And guess what, if half the world's economies suffers, the rest of the worlds does too. F****** Trump.
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deafeningb8 Apr 6, 2026 -34
and some Jap cargo vessels have also been halted at Hormuz. This hits their entire supply chain, not just fuel. Same for most countries too
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jeaxz74 Apr 6, 2026 +23
FYI Jap is a derogatory term .
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mad-data Apr 6, 2026 +14
Interestingly, the article does not name this mysterious "Iranian leader". Who is it? Their president does not control anything. Their ayatollah is hiding and not clear if alive. Whom the Japan is talking to? 
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Zynntra Apr 6, 2026 +20
John Iran
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Roundcat89 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Halal cousin of John Pork.
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leisurechef Apr 6, 2026 +29
I hope they have a good supply of Yuan
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unworldlyjoker7 Apr 6, 2026 -8
That would be even more insulting for the japanese Lol i bet they are like "can you accept gold please? For the love of god... i mean shinto, please don't make us use yuan... we hate those damn chinese"
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Nerevarine91 Apr 6, 2026 +22
Japan has the second largest foreign currency reserves in the world, which include a large amount of yuan
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Most-Pomegranate-561 Apr 6, 2026 +20
Shhh you're ruining their little listnook fantasy
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MyBurnerAccount3 Apr 6, 2026 +7
You look so f****** stupid.
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leisurechef Apr 6, 2026 +3
Now you can see why the gold price is where it is
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unworldlyjoker7 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Yeah but it dropped considerably lately Which is strange when the market is so unstable that most would go to something stable like gold Could be market manipulation again to drive the price of gold down,
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leisurechef Apr 6, 2026 +1
Global Central Banks & GCC have been buying gold leading up to the Israel-US War with Iran. After the war the GCC have been dumping gold to pay the bills because they have no oil revenues now. On top of this, higher global costs of living are forcing global sovereignties to sell US Treasuries to pay the bills. We are looking at the end of Pax Americana in real time.
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CupEcstatic2721 Apr 6, 2026 -9
Japan's financing of Iran's military needs will probably not please Trump very much
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leisurechef Apr 6, 2026 +35
I think the whole world is getting pretty tired of pleasing Trump Edit: added the “world”
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CupEcstatic2721 Apr 6, 2026 -6
That’s true but the longer Iran holds out the longer most countries will keep suffering from these financial losses
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Prov0st Apr 6, 2026 +7
Everything was okay till US decided to attack Iran.
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leisurechef Apr 6, 2026 +6
Exactly, from a WAR that Israel convinced the US to artificially create against Iran. Mostly because they all thought it would be a cake walk like Venezuela. Remember, the Strait of Hormuz was open before they started.
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Jai_7 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Why would Iran do that when there's a big US military build up around Iran? This is their strategy of assymetric warfare..
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dowdymeatballs Apr 6, 2026
I've also read that Iran is taking payments in crypto as well.
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rickymist1 Apr 6, 2026 +8
lets see what Cart Titan can do
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Historical-Mix8865 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Shinzō wo sasageyo!! 
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Hikiko_Mori Apr 6, 2026 +16
Finally. This should have happened days or weeks ago if it wasn't for Takaichi being "carefully considerate" to Trump's feelings. Why the hell should his feelings even matter when he wasn't even considerate towards his allies.
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Prov0st Apr 6, 2026 +5
She was too busy dancing.
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Pure_Growth4528 Apr 6, 2026 +7
It time for news bombing, someone wanna profit from the markets
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Far-East-locker Apr 6, 2026 +6
Everyone knows who’s controlling the straits. who is everyone’s daddy now?
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Independent-Wolf-832 Apr 6, 2026 +2
pride goes before destruction
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evatornado Apr 6, 2026
They started the war without many countries approval, and fail to finish it. It's natural individual countries will seek to manage their own situation first. The US government probably should start actually thinking about consequences
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Ok_Career_3681 Apr 6, 2026 -2
Did Japan reject Iran’s call to make a deal with them? This is going to be one awkward negotiation.
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Glittering-Age-9549 Apr 6, 2026 -5
Careful! The Japanese envoy may become collateral damage when US and Israel bomb the meeting...
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