美国财长贝森特：我支持欧洲，但他们需要遵循德拉吉报告的建议。

Oman said it remains committed to maintaining maritime security and upholding international law, and opposes further escalation or the outbreak of conflict in the region.

Mizuho economist Yasuhisa Irie said persistently high energy prices are keeping import costs elevated and could sustain Japan’s trade deficit in the near term. He added that until shipping via the Strait of Hormuz fully normalizes, import prices will remain high, and even if Middle East tensions ease a rebound in import volumes could raise import values faster than export gains from strong AI-related investment. Japan ran a ¥634.5 billion trade deficit in July, government data showed Thursday.