Recordings from the crew of a merchant vessel trapped near the Strait of Hormuz show Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy and US aircraft radioed warnings to ships on the evening of the 30th local time. The IRGC told vessels in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman the strait remains closed and only ships granted IRGC permission and navigating on Iran-designated routes may transit, warning violations would severely endanger navigation. The IRGC added any US Navy attempt to interfere with ma

On May 28, China National Gold Group party secretary, director and general manager Yin Changbo met at the group's headquarters with JD Group SEC vice‑chair and CEO Sandy Ran Xu and his delegation. Yin said China Gold is willing to deepen strategic coordination with JD in digital centralized procurement and supply‑chain management, gold and jewelry sales and brand marketing, digital transformation and technology enablement, logistics, warehousing and security controls, and employee services and corporate culture. Sandy Ran Xu said JD is willing to pursue full‑scope, deep, high‑level cooperation with China Gold on jewelry retail, centralized procurement, supply‑chain construction, warehousing and logistics, and overseas business.

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force said on May 30 it canceled a planned early-June US Marine Corps F-35B deck-landing exercise aboard escort ship JS Kaga in the western Pacific. The service cited "unit operational scheduling and expected severe weather". The exercise was among steps toward the ship's "de facto aircraft carrier" capability; earlier reports said Japan's Defense Ministry planned two major refits to enable F-35B operations.